[Solved]How to uninstall Visual Studio Code (Flatpak)?

[abhinav862]

I read following article & decided to install Visual Studio Code (Flatpak): https://easylinuxtipsproject.blogspot.c ... s,store%22)%20of%20Mint%20itself

Though now I want to uninstall it & install official version instead. Also, how would I have to update the official version? Wouldn't it be updated from Update Manager itself?

[MikeNovember]

Hi,

To uninstall flatpak version,

Code: Select all

flatpak uninstall com.visualstudio.code
flatpak uninstall --unused

To install official version, https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux

Regards,

MN

[abhinav862]

Can I install both Visual Studio Code (Flatpak) as well as official Visual Studio Code?

[MikeNovember]

Can I install both Visual Studio Code (Flatpak) as well as official Visual Studio Code?

Yes.

They are not launched the same way, you will have two entries in your menu.

But why, what is the interest in doing this?

Official version seems to be more recent, I would use that one and drop flatpak one.

Regards,

MN

[abhinav862]

Okay.

So, can I just download .deb file from official website & double-click it to install (just like we do on Windows)? Will it be updated automatically then?

[abhinav862]

Please tell what is the use of flatpak uninstall --unused command?

[MikeNovember]

Please tell what is the use of flatpak uninstall --unused command?

Hi,

This command is used to purge your flatpaks installation of what is unused (no longer used).

Regards,

MN

[MikeNovember]

Okay.

So, can I just download .deb file from official website & double-click it to install (just like we do on Windows)? Will it be updated automatically then?

Hi,

Debs installed out of Mint and Ubuntu repositories are not, usually, automatically updated, except in two cases:

- debs installed from a PPA (Personal Package Archive); PPAs are some sort of unofficial repository, made by people or organizations.

- during deb installation, a repository is added, allowing automatic update (this is the case for Google Chrome).

There is a PPA for Visual Studio Code here: https://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/vscode.

It seems to be linked to Microsoft.

You could follow the installation procedure, and have VSCode with automatic update.

Regards,

MN

[abhinav862]

Thanks to all of you! Linux Mint has a very good community!