Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.105.1-1

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: 1567
Popularity: 18.30
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-10-16 07:20 (UTC)

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2025-09-24 09:46 (UTC) by dcelasun)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (read before flagging or commenting!)

  • 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 licence 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Please check this page before flagging as out-of-date.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 hours.

  • 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 gnome-session which now includes mimemapps.

  • 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?

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Latest Comments

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leodip commented on 2025-10-30 20:11 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-30 20:12 (UTC) by leodip)

I get a black screen, from time to time, in vscode. I can still see the minimize and restore/maximize buttons on the top right of the window. If I click them, I can see the contents of vscode again. Then I leave vscode untouched for a few minutes and the contents go black again...

Has anyone experienced this? It doesn't crash, it's just the contents that turn black.

I'm using Gnome 49, wayland. And this vscode package from AUR. My GPU is:

03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Navi 33 [Radeon RX 7600/7600 XT/7600M XT/7600S/7700S / PRO W7600] (rev c0)

jasongodev commented on 2025-10-29 16:39 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-29 17:10 (UTC) by jasongodev)

code.visualstudio.com is DOWN as of Wed Oct 29, 2025, 16:38:55 UTC

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/273987

Zentino commented on 2025-10-19 13:55 (UTC)

@jasongodev nothing to be blamed with the package. You should clean your AUR helper (eg. yay) cache directory.

jasongodev commented on 2025-10-19 12:10 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-19 12:11 (UTC) by jasongodev) 

-> error fetching visual-studio-code-bin: You are not currently on a branch.
Please specify which branch you want to rebase against.
See git-pull(1) for details.

    git pull <remote> <branch> 
        context: exit status 1

ferrugo commented on 2025-10-13 00:23 (UTC)

hi

iJuulia commented on 2025-10-12 21:57 (UTC) (edited on 2025-10-13 02:04 (UTC) by iJuulia)

My VSCode UI is all over the place, the labels, buttons and menus texts are bugged. I have rebooted my laptop already and searched for a similar situation but couldn't find anything

Screenshot: https://x.com/iJuulia/status/1977493790169485332

code -v 1.105.0 03c265b1adee71ac88f833e065f7bb956b60550a x64

EDIT: Solved, it was a problem with an extension (custom-ui-style). I disabled it and it's fine now.

coderedart commented on 2025-10-05 05:44 (UTC)

The vscode download issue has to do with ipv6 + MTU. If I set the MTU in network manager to 1452 (or less like 1280), vscode download worked. If it was above (like 1492), it just stalled. I use a pppoe connection (idk if that matters). I don't know if this is a problem with my ISP or vscode server, so I can't figure out who to report this to.

dcelasun commented on 2025-09-27 07:00 (UTC)

@Zentino this package used to pull those files from the main branch. It worked for a while, but then it broke and I started versioning them. I don't see any advantage to pulling them from main. Especially when, as you say, they change so rarely.

Zentino commented on 2025-09-27 06:54 (UTC)

@dcelasun the files from resources/linux are seldom updated, and they should be compatible with any version. I suggest you can remove version-based separate, just pull them from the main branch. In my view this time Microsoft published their commercial version but delayed for the OSS release. This AUR package is installation scripts to commercial VSCode, referring desktop entry files from OSS branch, but this should not be a hard dependency.

dcelasun commented on 2025-09-26 06:27 (UTC)

FYI: v1.104.2 is a bit delayed because while it's linked to on the website, there is no tag or release on GitHub yet. It should be resolved fairly soon.

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