Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.129.1-1

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: 1698
Popularity: 28.79
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-07-18 05:35 (UTC)

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dcelasun commented on 2017-11-15 06:20 (UTC) (edited on 2026-06-04 12:33 (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.

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dcelasun commented on 2018-01-16 15:06 (UTC)

@pr0xity: You shouldn't use --force without really making sure you need it. What was the conflict? Did you install another package that provides /usr/bin/code?

pr0xity commented on 2018-01-16 09:56 (UTC) (edited on 2018-01-16 10:11 (UTC) by pr0xity)

Is this package broke? suddenly I cant open vscode and the file /urs/bin/code and /usr/share/applicationc/visual-studio-code.desktop is empty.

EDIT: Needed to run the install with --force all good now :)

mardiros commented on 2018-01-08 17:20 (UTC)

I've copy the desktop file to fix the display of the icon in ALT-TAB, and Application icon in the menu bar of Gnome 3

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/visual-studio-code.desktop /usr/share/applications/code.desktop

Otherwise the /usr/share/icons/gnome/256x256/mimetypes/binary.png is used...

cabbage commented on 2018-01-01 10:48 (UTC)

Quick fix here for anyone who is experiencing vscode opening all file path, which is quite annoying. If nautilus is your file manager, just run

xdg-mime default org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop inode/directory

dcelasun commented on 2017-12-22 13:41 (UTC)

If you are suddenly seeing all "open folder" actions in other apps use vscode as your file manager, this is due to the new inode/directory mimetype in the desktop file. On some DEs, it apparently becomes the default the handler (see here for details). To fix it, create or edit /etc/xdg/mimeapps.list and add the following, replacing Nautilus with your preferred file manager:

[Default Applications]
inode/directory=org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop

dcelasun commented on 2017-12-22 08:24 (UTC)

@AveryFreeman: Seems to work fine for me.

AveryFreeman commented on 2017-12-22 07:30 (UTC)

I can't seem to get SCM to work with Git, it says there is no Software Control Manager installed. Git is installed on my system. I tried adding "/usr/bin" to git.path in settings, didn't seem to work. Is anyone else having this issue?

Dj_Krip commented on 2017-12-20 11:36 (UTC) (edited on 2017-12-20 11:39 (UTC) by Dj_Krip)

Please update .desktop file in package. Microsoft provided their .desktop file for vscode https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/resources/linux/code.desktop

MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory; is missing in current version of package.

% cat /usr/share/applications/visual-studio-code.desktop             
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/opt/visual-studio-code/code %f
Icon=visual-studio-code
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Name=Visual Studio Code
Comment=Editor for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications
Categories=Development;WebDevelopment;IDE;Utility;TextEditor;
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=code

dcelasun commented on 2017-12-18 19:38 (UTC)

@Alad: I've replied to the deletion request on list.

Alad commented on 2017-12-18 19:04 (UTC)

"Breaking people's updates" is not a valid reason to go against the AUR's packaging guidelines. Please submit a -bin version for this one to be merged to.

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