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: 1465
Popularity: 14.57
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Please check this page before flagging as out-of-date.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.

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vith commented on 2017-05-15 22:51 (UTC)

Shouldn't this package have a -bin suffix then? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Nonfree_applications_package_guidelines#Package_naming

dcelasun commented on 2017-05-05 18:56 (UTC)

As mentioned in the package description, this is the official binary compiled and distributed by upstream. The main difference is the extension manager: This package supports the extension gallery [0], the oss version doesn't (by default). See the note in the PKGBUILD [1] for details. [0] https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/extension-gallery [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=visual-studio-code-oss#n4

hutliver commented on 2017-05-05 18:46 (UTC)

Hello, what's the difference between this package and 'visual-studio-code-oss'? I thought vscode was open source by default..

darky974 commented on 2017-05-05 01:28 (UTC)

for the newest version pkgver=1.12.1 md5sums_x86_64=('11d387b2c27e530e36f65f41d20eef86' 'b5d0d40f5f22b4efb0b3d05c287f8704')

kelvinosse commented on 2017-05-04 21:47 (UTC)

Getting the next error :( ==> Validating source_x86_64 files with md5sums... code_x64_1.11.tar.gz ... FAILED visual-studio-code.desktop ... Passed ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check! ==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build visual-studio-code. Why?

Fafa123 commented on 2017-04-20 18:38 (UTC) (edited on 2017-04-20 18:55 (UTC) by Fafa123)

Be aware that VSCode seems to ignore telemetry settings. The extension gallery is the telemtry source for official releases (hence it being stripped out in a true OSS version). Also Microsoft plugins aswell seem to ignore the telemetry setting.

dcelasun commented on 2017-04-18 16:17 (UTC)

I've added some keywords. The description was changed because some AUR helpers apparently have trouble without it (see a few comments below yours). In any case, it's a cosmetic change so it will have to wait till the next release at least.

gangelop commented on 2017-04-18 15:08 (UTC)

Do not use the package name in the pkgdesc. Instead, use AUR keywords (found in the AUR web interface). https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#pkgdesc

tazjin commented on 2017-04-14 20:35 (UTC)

For me fonts in the editor didn't render until I installed the 'ttf-droid' package (which provides the Droid Sans Mono font used by VS code as the default). It may be useful for others running into this to add that package as an optdepends with an appropriate description. Thanks for packaging this!

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