Chad Brockman
Chad Brockman

Reputation: 1406

How can I run vscode with sudo on osx?

[Edit] VSCode just makes this work these days...

code ./.zshrc


I want to use vs code to edit .bash_profile

I setup the bash command (ala https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editor/setup)

edit... command prompt setup is now here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/mac

if I type "sudo code .bash_profile" - I get "sudo: code: command not found"

Thanks - Chad

Upvotes: 18

Views: 64534

Answers (4)

Robson Segoa
Robson Segoa

Reputation: 81

The problem is the git folder has no permission to the user save in it.

sudo chown -R youruser git_folder/

That's the way I solve this.

Upvotes: 8

DanyaKreyg
DanyaKreyg

Reputation: 21

Try Below Command :

sudo /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/Resources/app/bin/code

Upvotes: 1

d1jhoni1b
d1jhoni1b

Reputation: 8055

In case of a default installation (e.g.: under default applications folder)

Try running

sudo open /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app

After you make a save on a protected file it will ask you, then just hit overwrite it will prompt for your sudo password.

if you are not sure about the location of you VSCode app, just drag and drop the icon from where it is to the terminal, it will print the path automatically after the dragging, after that just exec sudo open command and append the path, in my case was the one above, hope this helps!

Upvotes: 13

Benjamin Pasero
Benjamin Pasero

Reputation: 123934

The following should do it:

sudo /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron

Upvotes: 27

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