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)

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 Please check this page AND this page before flagging as out-of-date.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 2018-05-17 05:47 (UTC)

@Batou: This package follows upstream. Feel free to use other packages and/or a personal settings.json.

Batou commented on 2018-05-17 00:12 (UTC) (edited on 2018-05-17 00:15 (UTC) by Batou)

There is a massive amount of "telemetry" or spying going on within this package. Much more so than when you build the VSCode yourself (the code in AUR). I suggest to everyone to add some anti-telemetry preferences to their user settings at the bare minimum. You should also add some domain blocks to your hosts file. One of the options that's also problematic is the automatic update which is set by default. You should definitely not be updating from within this application so disable it.

I've created a short guide here: https://ghostbin.com/paste/8tqtz Maybe the maintainer should create ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json with the above defaults for all new installations?

welkie commented on 2018-05-09 01:34 (UTC)

I'm having a problem when I try to open an ASP.NET Core app. I've never had this problem before. In the bottom right corner I get a notification saying:

Some projects have trouble loading. Please review the output for more details.

There's more in the "show more output", including a stacktrace. This gist (https://gist.github.com/welkie/1ab978ff495124700fb8db64d0564364) includes that, along with my versions of "mono" and "msbuild". I didn't have the msbuild package installed yet, but my troubleshooting led me to manually install that to try to solve this. This GitHub issue (https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/issues/2267) details the error when I reported it.

gururise commented on 2018-05-06 22:57 (UTC)

Using the C# plugin, I keep getting the following error: "The .NET CLI tools cannot be located. .NET Core debugging will not be enabled. Make sure .NET CLI tools are installed and on the path."

How do I resolve this?

Twiki commented on 2018-04-13 14:03 (UTC) (edited on 2018-04-13 16:25 (UTC) by Twiki)

EDIT: I just renamed my "~/.vscode/extensions" directory before changing and then renamed it back, after renaming the newly created one.

@Anty0 I realise that it replaces "visual-studio-code": "Replaces: visual-studio-code". But will the installed extensions be retained. I'm not looking forward to re-installing and re-configuring a lot of extensions. I know where to find my code config file.

Anty0 commented on 2018-04-10 15:02 (UTC) (edited on 2018-04-10 15:03 (UTC) by Anty0)

@Twiki Just install "visual-studio-code-bin", it automatically replaces "visual-studio-code". Or have you got any problem with it?

Twiki commented on 2018-04-10 14:58 (UTC) (edited on 2018-04-10 14:59 (UTC) by Twiki)

Hello,

Is there a "proper" way to go from "visual-studio-code" to "visual-studio-code-bin". Right now I'm editing the 2 "visual-studio-code" installer files feeding makepkg, but it's a bit cumbersome.

dcelasun commented on 2018-04-07 18:15 (UTC)

@Sanya_M Please search for inode/directory on this link.

amezin commented on 2018-04-07 15:24 (UTC)

Please, remove "inode/directory;" from MimeTypes in the .desktop file. When "inode/directory" is there, Gnome tries to automatically open connected MTP device (phone) in Visual Studio and do other crazy things

igvalor commented on 2018-04-07 10:31 (UTC)

Looks like the problem with unresolved symbol is SOLVED. There was a rogue installation of nwjs in /opt on my system. Removed /opt/nwjs and all work again. My bad. Sorry.

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