| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/vscodium-bin.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | vscodium-bin |
| Description: | Binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing. |
| Upstream URL: | https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium |
| Licenses: | MIT |
| Conflicts: | vscodium |
| Provides: | codium, vscode, vscodium |
| Submitter: | ckatri |
| Maintainer: | Icelk |
| Last Packager: | Icelk |
| Votes: | 393 |
| Popularity: | 9.76 |
| First Submitted: | 2020-09-23 18:58 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2026-07-07 15:00 (UTC) |
Hi,
@Icelk you were right, I had flags specified in ~/.config/codium-flags.conf
Anyway, I still don't see a need for vscodium-bin-wayland.desktop as wayland user (as myself) can set environment variable ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT to auto or use previously mentioned flags file.
NOTE: all MS proprietary extensions for VScode will stop working on VSCodium (python, C/C++, etc.). See Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks - The Register. The last version of the C/C++ extension to work with VSCodium is 1.23.6. (which will continue to work). This is due to MS enforcing its licensing for the binaries used to build the extensions. It is not a vscodium issue.
The only other open-source option for C/C++ seems to the clangd extension - which gets good reviews.
@Icelk @bermudi It was working just fine for me on KDE Wayland. What error were you getting?
The only strange thing is that it opens minimized. But the same happens when I use the current "VSCodium - Wayland" one.
@Icelk much appreciated
@bermudi I reverted the changes in the latest release. @joern_h great, thanks! It's added.
I have an improvement to share: Yesterday I encountered a extension, that had me login via web browser and then return the login token back to vscodium, with the vscodium:// url sheme. This could not be resolved.
I had to modify codium-url-handler.desktop and add a new mime type: MimeType=x-scheme-handler/vscode;x-scheme-handler/vscodium;
Please add this change to the next release.
KDE launcher stopped working. Now I have to manually type vscodium on a terminal for it to open. The wayland change broke the package for me.
@mistersmee it should be fixed now
install: cannot stat '/tmp/makepkg/vscodium-bin/src/vscodium-bin-wayland.desktop': No such file or directory
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in package().
You need to remove references to vscodium-bin-wayland.desktop in package() as well.
I think you could remove vscodium-bin-wayland.desktop if you use --ozone-platform-hint=auto instead of --ozone-platform=wayland in vscodium-bin.desktop.
According to Electron docs (https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/environment-variables):
ELECTRON_OZONE_PLATFORM_HINT Linux
Selects the preferred platform backend used on Linux. The default one is x11. auto selects Wayland if possible, X11 otherwise.
Options:
auto
wayland
x11
Tested and launches in Wayland for me
You still need --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform,WaylandWindowDecorations
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<deleted-account> commented on 2021-05-12 00:31 (UTC)
@Icelk set up a script that checks for new releases and pushes updates if there are any new ones. I believe it runs every hour so there's no need to flag OOD, unless there's something that needs changed with the PKGBUILD.