Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.97.2-1

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: 1493
Popularity: 17.22
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-02-13 18:48 (UTC)

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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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  • 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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  • 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.

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dcelasun commented on 2018-08-14 07:00 (UTC)

@viechang: Update your system.

viechang commented on 2018-08-14 06:53 (UTC)

/opt/visual-studio-code/bin/../code: /opt/visual-studio-code/glibc/usr/lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.28' not found (required by /usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0)

dcelasun commented on 2018-08-14 06:08 (UTC)

The relevant glibc commit in [core] has been reverted. Updating to glibc=2.28-4 will fix it (it's currently in [testing]).

In the meantime, I've pushed a workaround.

elgs commented on 2018-08-14 00:15 (UTC)

@headkase thanks. I was able to download the 1.25.1 into a temp directory and it works.

headkase commented on 2018-08-13 23:49 (UTC)

@elgs to downgrade download the PKGBUILD as normal and then edit it and in the version change 1.26.0 to 1.25.1. Then with MakePkg use the --skipinteg parameter as the PKGBUILD will then download the older version instead of the latest.

elgs commented on 2018-08-13 23:37 (UTC)

@fardog how did you do the downgrade?

ronjouch commented on 2018-08-13 23:03 (UTC) (edited on 2018-08-13 23:03 (UTC) by ronjouch)

@dcelasun here's how other AUR packages for Electron-based apps worked around the glibc segfault:

Skype: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=skypeforlinux-preview-bin&id=e3fa08c20b44

Slack: https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/commit/?h=slack-desktop&id=9e49accb247d

bulletmark commented on 2018-08-13 22:43 (UTC)

Here's a temporary PKGBUILD which patches in a private copy of glibc v2.27 until this bug gets fixed: https://gist.github.com/bulletmark/846dca96d4c96d72e1b2d977bb67a8d0

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