Linux Manjaro install has file that conflicts with VS Code

[timtmok]

System details:

Positron and OS details:

2024.09.103

Describe the issue:

This was originally reported in a discussion post. Installing Positron on Linux Manjaro when VS Code has already been installed fails due to a file conflict.

Extracting the DEB file downloaded from the Positron releases shows that it will try to install /usr/share/pixmaps/com.visualstudio.code.oss.png, which is actually the Positron logo.

I think the file name is coming from here:

positron/product.json

Line 33 in fd9bb6f

"linuxIconName": "com.visualstudio.code.oss",

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Install VS Code using pamac build visual-studio-code-bin on Linux Manjaro (
2. Install Positron using pamac build positron-ide-devel-bin

Workaround is to rename that file, which will allow the install to complete successfully.

For verification, extracting the DEB with ar x <Positron deb file> and the tar with tar -xvf data.tar.gz. Or viewing what would be installed with dpkg -c <Positron deb file.

Expected or desired behavior:

The install should be successful

Were there any error messages in the UI, Output panel, or Developer Tools console?

positron-ide-devel-bin: /usr/share/pixmaps/com.visualstudio.code.oss.png already exists