Installing VS Code on Arch Linux Takes Some Thinking

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Let me show you the steps for both installation.

  • Install Code – OSS from Arch repositories
  • Install Microsoft’s VS Code from AUR

yay -S visual-studio-code-bin

There are a couple of VS Code offerings available in the AUR but the official one is this.I know. It’s confusing. Let me clear the air for you.Code – OSS is the actual open source version of VS Code.sudo pacman -R code

Method 2: Install the actual Microsoft’s VS Code

Another thing here is that some extensions will only work in VS Code, not in the de-Micorsoft Code – OSS.If you don’t care too much about ethics, open source principles and just want to code without thinking it too much, go with VS Code.

Method 1: Install Code – OSS

pacman -Syu

Don’t be deceived by the pretty looking screenshot above. I was using a different theme in VS Code.sudo pacman -R code

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There are two main choices for getting VS Code on Arch Linux:You can use your AUR helper or the super reliable pacman command to remove Microsoft VS Code from Arch Linux.✅ Open source version of Microsoft VS Code
✅ Easy to install with a quick pacman command
❌ Some extensions may not work

Removing Code OSS

Think of Code – OSS as Chromium browser and VS Code as Google Chrome (which is based on Chromium browser).VS Code is an open source project but the binaries Microsoft distributes are not open source. They have telemetry enabled in it.

Also, I had noticed earlier that Ctrl+C – Ctrl+V was not working for copy paste. Instead, it was defaulted to Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V for reasons not known to me. I had not made any changes to key bindings or had opted for a Vim plugin.pacman -S code

This is simple. All you have to do is to ensure that your Arch system is updated:This is why you should think it through if you want to use Microsoft’s VS Code or its 100% open sourced version.Removal is equally simple:

VS Code in Arch Linux

As I mentioned earlier, you may find some extensions that do not work in the open source version of Code.

Removal

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sudo pacman -R visual-studio-code-bin

Before installing it, you should remove Code OSS

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