Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.95.3-1

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: 1463
Popularity: 14.53
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2024-11-15 11:08 (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Please check this page before flagging as out-of-date.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?

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.

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ejiek commented on 2023-02-22 11:18 (UTC)

There is an extra white space in the end of the line:

install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons"

FabioLolix commented on 2023-02-14 11:50 (UTC)

@DHxchange you need to refresh your pacman db

DHxchange commented on 2023-02-14 11:35 (UTC) (edited on 2023-02-14 11:37 (UTC) by DHxchange)

I tried to install the linked tarball via makepkg -si, and it failed because the lsof dependency is no longer available. Accessing web pages via the browser works fine so I doubt this is a network problem on my machine.

$ makepkg -si
==> Making package: visual-studio-code-bin 1.75.1-1 (Tue 14 Feb 2023 19:32:16)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Installing missing dependencies...
[sudo] password for [user]: 
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) lsof-4.96.5-1

Total Download Size:   0.11 MiB
Total Installed Size:  0.20 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
:: Retrieving packages...
 lsof-4.96.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst failed to download
error: failed retrieving file 'lsof-4.96.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.2degrees.nz : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'lsof-4.96.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from uvermont.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'lsof-4.96.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirrors.sonic.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'lsof-4.96.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from mirror.alpix.eu : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'lsof-4.96.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from repo.iut.ac.ir : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'lsof-4.96.5-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst' from manjaro.mirror.garr.it : The requested URL returned error: 404
warning: failed to retrieve some files
error: failed to commit transaction (failed to retrieve some files)
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.
==> ERROR: 'pacman' failed to install missing dependencies.
==> Missing dependencies:
  -> lsof
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> ERROR: Could not resolve all dependencies.

dcelasun commented on 2023-02-11 20:32 (UTC) (edited on 2023-02-11 20:33 (UTC) by dcelasun)

@friday13 that's a weird error, like your makepkg is broken for some reason. Try in a clean build directory without any AUR helpers.

friday13 commented on 2023-02-11 20:26 (UTC) 

Entering fakeroot environment...
/usr/share/makepkg/util/pkgbuild.sh: line 30: declare: `package_visual-studio-code-bin': not a valid identifier
/usr/share/makepkg/util/pkgbuild.sh: line 30: declare: `package_visual-studio-code-bin': not a valid identifier
==> Starting package()...
cp: target '-R': No such file or directory
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
    Aborting...
 -> error making: visual-studio-code-bin

neoninteger commented on 2023-01-15 23:32 (UTC) (edited on 2023-01-15 23:33 (UTC) by neoninteger)

You need to make sure that /opt/visual-studio-code/chrome-sandbox is owned by root and has mode 4755

Because I run makepkg as a non-root user, it makes sense that any setuid binaries in the upstream tarball lose their setuid status during extraction.

This has been my problem more-or-less since I started using this package. After an update, I have to manually re-run the following command to restore the setuid bit on the sandbox helper binary:

# chmod 4755 /opt/visual-studio-code/chrome-sandbox

Again, since makepkg runs as a non-root user, I can't think of a way to resolve this in the PKGBUILD itself. It might be possible to automate this in a post-install hook, but I've never used that functionality so can't vouch for its effectiveness.

(EDIT: Accidentally pressed tab before pressing enter and posted unfinished comment)

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