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:	14.57
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.

There is a new version out, why is the package not updated?

Please check this page before flagging as out-of-date. If there is no new version on that page, it's not yet released. A tag on Github is NOT a release! If you can see the new version on the updates page but the AUR package is still not updated, flag it and give it time. It's usually done within a day or two.

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

Sometimes AUR helpers do weird things. Download the tarball and install it manually with makepkg -si. If that works, report the problem to your AUR helper's upstream, not here.

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.

Something is broken with the app, where do I report it?

The problem might be a packaging issue (wrong paths, dependencies, icons), so please write a comment here first. If you don't get a reply, or if someone says it's an upstream issue, you can report it on Github.

I have a problem with this package, can I email you?

No, you won't get a reply. Please stop doing this. Leave a comment here instead and be patient.

Please add: StartupWMClass=code to the visual-studio-code.desktop so the windows that vscode creates can be tracked and integrated into Desktop Environments like Gnome Shell. Thanks!

Issue #270 points out that libcups may be required for VSCode to work. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/270 The executable contains "libcups.so.2" as a shared object dependency.

The provides array shouldn't exist at all. Speaking of which, vscode-bin shouldn't exist either. It was submitted a month after this one and all other packages have been merged into this one. See: https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-requests/2015-April/006609.html https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-requests/2015-April/006610.html https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-requests/2015-April/006611.html

The provides array is still broken. Speaking of which, can we get this package renamed/merged into vscode-bin? It'd make more sense, now that VS Code is open-source.

Visual Studio Code is now open-source and licensed under MIT: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode

VSCode 0.10.1 is now opensource under MIT license! I'm positively impressed... :) http://github.com/microsoft/vscode

Apologies, I didn't have time to test it before pushing. Should be fixed now.

Two files have changed in location and case: OLD: resources/app/license.txt NEW: resources/app/LICENSE.txt OLD: resources/app/vso.png NEW: resources/app/resources/linux/vscode.png

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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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dcelasun commented on 2015-11-27 12:30 (UTC)

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