How to install Gnome Shell Extensions from ZIP file using command line on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux - LinuxConfig.org

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The objective is to install Gnome Shell Extensions from ZIP file using command line on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux. The installation of Gnome Shell Extensions from ZIP file using command line can be considered as an alternative to a standard way of Gnome Shell Extensions installation.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-install-gnome-shell-extensions-from-zip-file-using-command-line-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux
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alt+F2 and type ‘r’ then press enter and it will restart the gnome-shell

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Unfortunately, restart is not available in Wayland.

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Don’t forget to give to the extension subfolders the correct permissions, like:

sudo chown -R yourusername:yourusername .local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/
sudo chmod 755 .local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/*

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It’s easier to use the gnome-extensions command-line tool. It handles the unzipping and extension UUID discovery for you. For example, here’s how I downloaded and installed blur-my-shell:

gnome-extensions install ~/Downloads/blur-my-shellaunetx.v22.shell-extension.zip
# restart gnome-shell, e.g. by logging out and back in again, or killall -SIGQUIT gnome-shell
gnome-extensions list
gnome-extensions enable blur-my-shell@aunetx