Package Details: visual-studio-code-bin 1.110.0-1

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: 1626
Popularity: 30.22
First Submitted: 2017-12-18 19:14 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-03-05 07:00 (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 Please check this page AND this page before flagging as out-of-date.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?

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Latest Comments

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dcelasun commented on 2026-03-05 07:00 (UTC)

@Zentino thanks, updated.

Zentino commented on 2026-03-05 03:38 (UTC)

The latest release of February 2026 is tagged 1.100 without trailing bugfix version .0 on GitHub Releases while on update.code.visualstudio.com is still 1.100.0. @dcelasun build scripts need some conversions.

gesh commented on 2026-03-03 15:27 (UTC)

Fair enough. If no one has complained in the four years this wrapper has existed, my concerns may just be about an easily worked around and understood edge case.

dcelasun commented on 2026-03-03 14:50 (UTC)

@gesh sorry, but no. That would break configuration for existing users.

gesh commented on 2026-03-03 13:41 (UTC)

Via https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/signal-desktop/-/merge_requests/9, discovered this package uses a custom launcher to allow users to have a config file with command-line arguments.

However, contra the other packages linked there, here the invocation arguments precede those from the config file. This has the effect of making the config file's arguments override the invocation arguments, which reverses expectations.

(i.e. I'm proposing

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 fi

 # Launch
-exec /opt/visual-studio-code/bin/code "$@" $CODE_USER_FLAGS
+exec /opt/visual-studio-code/bin/code $CODE_USER_FLAGS "$@"

)

ironhak commented on 2026-03-01 12:37 (UTC)

Hello

All distros save the vscode icon as "vscode.png", instead this package saves it as "visual-studio-code". This causes some compatibility issues with things like kde custom applets that search for "vscode" icon and does not find it (like https://github.com/Merrit/kde-dolphin-open-vscode/issues/16).

Can we avoid renaming the icon in the pkgbuild and leave it as vscode.png?

Thanks

Wartijn commented on 2026-02-14 21:47 (UTC)

@Nikolai508 sure, but the faq in the pinned comment says

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!

Nikolai508 commented on 2026-02-14 21:43 (UTC)

@Wartijn The latest is 1.109.3

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_109

Download the .deb and you'll see 1.109.3 in the filename as well.

Wartijn commented on 2026-02-14 21:08 (UTC)

It looks like this package has been marked out of date, but shouldn't have been. Current Aur version is 1.109.2, latest tag on Github is 1.109.2

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