AUR (en) - visual-studio-code-bin

Git Clone URL:	https://aur.archlinux.org/visual-studio-code-bin.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base:	visual-studio-code-bin
Description:	Visual Studio Code (vscode): Editor for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications (official binary version)
Upstream URL:	https://code.visualstudio.com/
Licenses:	custom: commercial
Conflicts:	code
Provides:	code, vscode
Submitter:	dcelasun
Maintainer:	dcelasun
Last Packager:	dcelasun
Votes:	1465
Popularity:	14.87
First Submitted:	2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated:	2024-11-15 11:08 (UTC)

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What is the difference between this package and the one in the community repo?

This is the official binary distribution from Microsoft. The one in the community repo is an unofficial build made from source. Beyond the license difference and branding, there are some proprietary features not available in the open source version.

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I'm using an AUR helper (yay, yaourt etc.) and I can't install it. Why?

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When I install this package xdg-open uses vscode, not my file manager! How do I fix this?

Install shared-mime-info-gnome. Also see this reddit thread.

Why is $X a dependency? I don't like it.

Just because $X is not required to open the app, doesn't mean there is nothing that depends on it. Always search the comment history on AUR to see if that dependency has been previously discussed before writing your own comment. Still nothing? Then use namcap to make sure it's really not needed. If namcap doesn't complain, please leave a comment here and I'll investigate.

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@samueldy I think you have a corrupted package. I don't see any CRLF characters:

$ grep -U $'\015' visual-studio-code-bin/PKGBUILD
$

Updating via yay -Syu gives the error:

:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: visual-studio-code-bin
==> ERROR: PKGBUILD contains CRLF characters and cannot be sourced.
error downloading sources: visual-studio-code-bin

Navigating to the downloaded package directory (~/.cache/yay/visual-studio-code-bin for me), running dos2unix on PKGBUILD and the two .desktop files, and running makepkg -i worked for me.

I've tried updating from 1.47.0.1 -> 1.47.1.1 using yay today. Updating failes:

curl: (6) Could not resolve host: update.code.visualstudio.com
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://vscode-update.azurewebsites.net/1.47.1/linux-x64/stable
Aborting...
Error downloading sources: visual-studio-code-bin

Same thing happens if I run makepkg -si on the tarball.

I've tried to update this package (pkgver 1.41.1) several times over several days in the last week or so and every time the download times out. I can't even download directly.

wget https://update.code.visualstudio.com/1.41.1/linux-x64/stable/code_x64_1.41.1.tar.gz
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found

Anyone have similar issues?
Is there an alternative URL?
Any ideas whatsoever welcome.

@emke Thanks, can confirm that it failed on pamac, but works with yay

@lordflaron after the latest pamac update, I no longer get that error.

@lordflaron then that's a problem with pamac. Please read the pinned Frequently Asked Questions.

@dcelasun I'm using the pamac GUI with air support

@lordflaron that file is definitely in the package. How are you installing this package, with an AUR helper?

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2020-02-06 21:33 (UTC) by dcelasun)

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