Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.121.0-1

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: 1668
Popularity: 29.82
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-05-20 10:43 (UTC)

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2026-01-23 13:07 (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?

This package depends on both the official tarball and files from GitHub. Please check this page AND this page before flagging as out-of-date. If the new version isn't on both pages, this package cannot be updated! If you can see the new version on both pages, 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?

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

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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.

coderedart commented on 2025-08-25 07:40 (UTC)

yay was stuck on downloading the package for a while now and I confirmed the same by manually trying to download the package with curl. I just temporarily disabled ipv6 and re-enabled after running yay successfully.

dcelasun commented on 2025-08-19 05:18 (UTC)

This package is already updated automatically via CI.

zhaokun commented on 2025-08-19 03:17 (UTC)

I created a script that can automatically update PKGBUILD and .SRCINFO according to the latest VSCode release information.

script: https://gist.github.com/zhao-kun/187c0707270a82f29a12ee23825244c7

eduardolucioac commented on 2025-08-13 01:56 (UTC)

This is an infrastructure issue with the internet network, wherever it is... Multiple users are reporting this. I switched to a different ISP and the download worked. 🤗

eduardolucioac commented on 2025-08-13 01:43 (UTC)

The source codes aren't downloading. It's been like this for days. What's going on? 👀

[...]
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found code-1.103.0.desktop.in
  -> Found code-1.103.0-url-handler.desktop.in
  -> Found code-1.103.0-workspace.xml.in
  -> Found visual-studio-code-bin.sh
  -> Downloading code_x64_1.103.0.tar.gz...
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed

  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:02 --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:03 --:--:--     0
[...]
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:02:01 --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:02:02 --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:02:03 --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:02:04 --:--:--     0
  0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:02:05 --:--:--     0
curl: (35) Recv failure: Connection reset by peer
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading https://update.code.visualstudio.com/1.103.0/linux-x64/stable
    Aborting...
Failed to build visual-studio-code-bin

dcelasun commented on 2025-08-08 09:10 (UTC)

@hello-world150 there is no bug. Read the previous comments.

hello-world150 commented on 2025-08-08 08:56 (UTC)

I met the same question. The sha256sums of "code-1.103.0.desktop.in" matched failed. Could you please fix the bug? Like just change the sha256sums.

syriusz commented on 2025-08-08 07:15 (UTC)

@chocolateimage my previous clean-build did not succeed, but now I'm not sure if I really chosen "clean-build" last time. This time it works - thank you! @mkurz - yes, proxy caches may also had some issue here - thanks.

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