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mjakeman / extension-manager

A utility for browsing and installing GNOME Shell Extensions.

https://mattjakeman.com/apps/extension-manager

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Fail to Use GNOME Extensions Manager and the browser #684

Closed mdc-2468 closed 4 months ago

mdc-2468 commented 4 months ago

I tried to activate gnome extensions, after

installed GNOME Shell
Tried on both firefox and chromium, installed GNOME Shell Integration extensions on both browser, still have an error of Unable to locate GNOME Shell settings or version. Make sure it is installed and running.

Note: my Extension manager is installed through flatpak

System Information:

Distro: Debian(bookwork 12) with xfce
Extension Manager version: 0.5.1
GNOME Shell: 43.9
chrome-gnome-shell: 42.1-3

Support Log

Version: 0.5.1 Package Format: Flatpak Status: Official OS: GNOME 46 (Flatpak runtime) GTK: 4.14.4 Libadwaita: 1.5.1

Could not check for updates: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name :1.120 was not provided by any .service files

oscfdezdz commented 4 months ago

It is expected, Extension Manager is for managing GNOME Shell extensions and does not work in Xfce or any other desktop environment. If you have GNOME Shell installed, select it before logging in and you will be able to use it normally.