Cannot install extensions in visual Studio code

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I am an user of Arch Linux and my problem is that I am unable to install extensions. I followed the Microsoft pages which says that I should click ctrl+P and then write ext install (package what I'm looking for) so I did that.

After clicking "install extension" nothing happend that is why I tried several times with other extensions with no success. The bar "install" has shown but when I clicked on it nothing happend as well. My visual-studio-code was installed via aur Visual-Studio-Code aur page.

I do not think it is connected with installation of visual-studio-code. I will be really thankful for a help with installation of extansions. Sadly no errors where shown in other way I would put it there down here. Please forgive me my english. I am not a native.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 26 '16 at 13:16

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It is really strange but after few reboots I successfully installed extansion. I did not know what caused the problem, but it works fine now.

answered Mar 26 '16 at 13:16

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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After it failed in the gui, I was able to install it with the code command line option.

code --install-extension lukehoban.Go

This is not a definitive answer, just "it worked for me."

For OS X users who have this issue, install code here: How to open Visual Studio Code from the command line on OSX?

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answered Jul 15 '16 at 22:08

Jesse Spears

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 03 '20 at 21:41

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It looks like VS Code is not installed for being used as admin in linux, and it means that by default the extensions folder doesn't have permissions to write, so when a user tries to install specific extension, it's not allowed.

What I did was the following, but you can modify the permissions as you prefer:

sudo chmod 777 -R $HOME/.vscode/extensions/

I hope it helps to some linux users.

answered May 03 '20 at 21:41

cristianhoyos66

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this worked for me after long hours of searching. I'm using ubuntu 21.10 – Abayomi Olowu Dec 09 '21 at 12:53

Dauren Akilbekov · Answer 4 · 2016-03-26T13:17:29.503

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I think the right combination is Ctrl + Shift + P, or Ctrl + P but you have to type >.

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answered Mar 26 '16 at 13:09

Dauren Akilbekov

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dont working for me, `no command matching` (ArchLinux Manjaro) – Василий Барбашев Jun 07 '16 at 17:41
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type *ext install*, then hit enter and after that type name of the extension – Dauren Akilbekov Jun 08 '16 at 04:04
yeah, i know, ant this is not working for me. I reload package from `Aur`, and reinstall. Then vscode start,and working functionally. – Василий Барбашев Jun 08 '16 at 05:03
I am not using vscode from AUR for this reason. Just download it from official site. – Dauren Akilbekov Jun 08 '16 at 05:09
From official, is not working for me :) Only from `Aur`. – Василий Барбашев Jun 08 '16 at 05:26

Cannot install extensions in visual Studio code

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