AUR (en) - visual-studio-code-bin

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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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Please check this page before flagging as out-of-date.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.

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.

Renaming a repository to match the guidelines is not a problem. Please add a -bin suffix.

@uffe: You are looking for this: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/visual-studio-code-oss/ This package came first, before the git repo became public.

This package downloads already prebuild (foreign) binaries and installs them onto the system. To indicate that the package does not build from source - the package should be renamed to have the "-bin" appended to its name.

@mikeybro To me this sounds like vscode is asking for a specific version of a library, where you are either missing that specific version, or missing the library altogether. Or possibly running a 32bit version of vscode on a 64bit system and missing the 32bit libraries(?). A little hard to say when I have no information about your system or your install of vscode. Anyway, on my system I have the libnotify.so.4 file in the /usr/lib directory, and got it from the default libnotify package in the extra repository. If you're lacking it you can install it with: sudo pacman -S libnotify

Can Anyone point me in the right direction (or to a windows machine).. here is an error I get when trying to run "VSCode-linux-ia32/code" it reads as "code: error while loading shared libraries: libnotify.so.4: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory" I am just happy the arch distro did not call me a noob again this time..

@dxcqcv: Please read the comments below.

Can anyone tell me, why did rename to code? and how does know the changes like this? thanks.

Running `pkgfile code` gives: community/binwalk community/extremetuxracer community/radare2

It used to be `visual-studio-code`, but someone asked for it to be renamed to `code` to be consistent with other platforms. Which packages in [community] does it conflict with?

Could I request the link be renamed to `vscode` rather than `code`? `code` is not only ambiguous, but conflicts with several other programs in the community repo.

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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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