VS Code Denied Permission unlink 'usr/local/bin/code' - visual-studio-code

Question

I can add the "shell command install 'code' command". Testing it works, but if i close out of the VS Code or after a couple of hours of adding the command it doesn't work. Terminal says "zsh: command not found: code" and on VS when click on the "shell command install code command" has a "EACCES: permission denied, unlink 'usr/local/bin/code' " pop up. How should i go about this? I'm using a macbook 2020 if that matters

Answer 1

Uninstall the code command from PATH in VS Code and reinstall it.
Open the command palette in VS Code using cmd + shift + p. Search "uninstall 'code'" and select the first option to uninstall.
Once uninstalled, "install 'code'" for installing.
That should fix it.

Answer 2

This happened to me on Macbook Pro M1 Chip. Basically follow this:
Simply uninstall the code command from PATH in vscode and reinstalled. i.e open the command pallete, search "uninstall 'code'" and select the first option to uninstall. Do same for installing too. That should fix it.
Found this solution on github

Answer 3

Try run:
sudo chown -R yourUsername /usr/local/bin

Answer 4

This command solves user just for copy paste.
sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/bin

Answer 5

From a sample size of me and three friends, this is a common problem on M1 MacBooks and Mac Minis. Running the command:
sudo chown -R yourUsername /usr/local/bin
This resolved the VS issue for me and allowed me to install npm packages globally.

Answer 6

For Mac I have run below steps in my terminal and it resolve my issue.
you can also Try:
Open terminal.
sudo chown -R your_user_name /usr/local/bin
Open visual studio code.
use keybord command + shift + p
Type the bellow command.
install 'code'
Vs Code
For test go to terminal and run code .

Answer 7

I've run into this a few times on before. Steps I took to that fixed it for me:
open vs code and press cmd + shift + p to open the command palette
search for uninstall 'code' and press Enter
lastly, search for install 'code' and press Enter

Answer 8

For macOS:
Try uninstalling and reinstalling. (command + shift + p) >shell Command: Uninstall 'code' command from Path
append the following to your ~/.bash_profile file (~/.zshrc in case you use zsh).
code () { VSCODE_CWD="$PWD" open -n -b "com.microsoft.VSCode" --args $* ;}

Answer 9

I was getting same error to Install on Windows 11:
Just deleted folder C:\Users\my-username\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin
Also removed VS Code from environment variables
Installed successfully!

Answer 10

for any mac users, you can try
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/code
That should help. It's important to note that you should be careful using sudo, since you can do a lot of damage in files and folders with it. But in the most dire instances, you should use it, similar to using any kind of --force commands, you should not use it often.