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: 30.43
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)

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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 licence 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 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.

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dcelasun commented on 2018-08-14 12:04 (UTC)

@anohigisavay: glibc 2.28-1 is problematic, it breaks electron apps. That's why I have included 2.27 in the PKGBUILD. Either wait for 2.28-4 to hit [core] (which reverts the problematic bits) or use this package with an update system, which should work fine. See previous comments for details.

anohigisavay commented on 2018-08-14 11:34 (UTC)

@viechang: I kinda have the same issue, except GLIBC_2.28 is required by /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0 (I have built sqlite-replication from AUR to use lxd).

@dcelasun: No, contrarily, it's because the system is too new. These packages are built with glibc-2.28 but the libc provided by your PKGBUILD is 2.27.

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

@bulletmark, nice catch! But no, I won't bother with it since fixed glibc will be in [core] very soon.

bulletmark commented on 2018-08-14 07:19 (UTC)

@dcelasun, I noticed you copied my PKGBUILD except you put back the two _i686 lines which I deleted. If you are going to bother supporting 32 bit then you need to also fix the --set-interpreter line for that case.

swiftscythe commented on 2018-08-14 07:10 (UTC)

Thanks for the quickfix. I want to point out that v1.26.0 is using gtk3 file dialogs. Moreover, namcap says gtk2 is not needed anymore.

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.

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