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user1484048
user1484048

Reputation: 33

Visual Studio Code installation error on Ubuntu18.04 32-bit: "snap "code" is not available on stable for this architecture (i386)"

I get the below error while trying to install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu 18.04 32bit:

error: snap "code" is not available on stable for this architecture (i386)
       but exists on other architectures (amd64).

VSCode Installation Error

Upvotes: 2

Views: 10122

Answers (1)

Gino Mempin
Gino Mempin

Reputation: 29598

Since VS Code started using Electron 4.x+, it does not anymore run on Linux 32-bit.

It starts with this ticket in VS Code's Github issue:
Electron 4.0.x does not run on 32bit Linux

Closing as designed, with Electron 4 we will no longer support Linux 32bits. See https://electronjs.org/blog/linux-32bit-support

Following that blog post from Electron:
Discontinuing support for 32-bit Linux:

The Electron team will discontinue support for 32-bit Linux (ia32 / i386) starting with Electron v4.0. The last version of Electron that supports 32-bit based installations of Linux is Electron v3.1, which will receive support releases until Electron v6 is released.

That is why the snap store only provides an amd64 installation.

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This upgrade to Electron 4.x was mentioned in VS Code's release for 1.36.
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_36#_linux-32bit-support-ends

With this release, we move to Electron version 4.x, which means that VS Code will no longer run on Linux 32-bit. Please update to a 64-bit version of VS Code.

So.. your only option is to use an older version before 1.36.
Start with the 1.35 release:
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_35

Upvotes: 1

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