Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.89.1-2

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: 1417
Popularity: 17.39
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-05-12 05:01 (UTC)

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2020-02-06 21:33 (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 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Please check this page before flagging as out-of-date.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?

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dlin commented on 2015-12-14 13:05 (UTC)

Why the source comes from az764295.vo.msecnd.net as binary? Is it the binary file which someone build it?

simon25 commented on 2015-11-29 22:53 (UTC)

The Open in Terminal menu item doesn't work in Plasma 5 unless you first run: sudo ln -s /usr/bin/konsole /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator I'll report this upstream but just incase anyone wants this to work in the meantime.

soren121 commented on 2015-11-29 06:55 (UTC)

@Lexias: Report it upstream at https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues. They're quite responsive there.

Lexias commented on 2015-11-28 09:06 (UTC)

X11 crashes for me when I try to select a folder (which is a git repository, if that matters), anyone experiencing the same thing?

xarbit commented on 2015-11-27 12:50 (UTC)

yep, works.. Thanks..

dcelasun commented on 2015-11-27 12:47 (UTC)

Apologies, should be fixed now.

xarbit commented on 2015-11-27 12:44 (UTC)

validation failed on desktop file.

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

@rockon999 Done!

rockon999 commented on 2015-11-27 02:05 (UTC)

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!

E_net4 commented on 2015-11-19 23:07 (UTC)

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.