CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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xyh
xyh

Reputation: 103

Vs Code unable to install extension if I don't run vs code as root

In macOS, my Vs Code can't read my extensions if I don't run it as root user.

It happened after I changed owner of /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron to install an extension called 'Custom CSS and JS Loader'. I don't what is correct permission here, I don't want to reinstall Vs Code currently.

If I run

ll /Applications/Visual\ Studio\ Code.app/Contents/MacOS

I got this output

-rwxr-xr-x 1 xyh wheel 221K Nov 13 09:01 Electron

Hope to get some help. Thanks !

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1240

Answers (1)

Bob Vork
Bob Vork

Reputation: 2947

For me, the output to that ll is:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 bobvork staff 221K Feb 11 06:56 Electron

I had a similar problem recently, where I installed an extension while running as root. I found that ~/.vscode/extensions contained a file called .obsolete that was owned by root. I just deleted the file, ran VS Code again and it was fixed.

Hope this helps you (or someone else)

Upvotes: 2

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