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| troozers | With Ubuntu 21.10 (Beta), is there a way to install extensions with Firefox? I am currently getting issues with the chrome-gnome-shell and the new sandboxed firefox.... Getting around it by installing and using Chrome | 17:22 |
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| tomreyn | troozers: i haven't tried this ubuntu version or the firefox snap, but i *think* the chrome-gnome-shell feature is just for managing gnome-shell extensions, not firefox or chromium extensions. | 17:23 |
| tomreyn | how to manage browser extensions for the firefox snap i would not know, though. i suspect there can be discussion on that on https://community.ubuntu.com | 17:25 |
| tomreyn | and probably reports on launchpad, too | 17:25 |
| troozers | Sorry, it's for the gnome extensions. Previous to 21.10 you used to be able to browse to https://extensions.gnome.org via firefox and install those extensions - but not with the snap version of firefox | 17:27 |
| troozers | firefox complains that; "Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected." | 17:28 |
| tomreyn | oh i see. naybe you need to 'connect' the firefox snap to something which it doesn'T have accerss to by default for this to work. i'm just guessing, though. | 17:31 |
| lotuspsychje | troozers: could this help? https://askubuntu.com/questions/1107848/although-gnome-shell-integration-extension-is-running-native-host-connector-is | 17:32 |
| troozers | lotuspsychje: Already have the chrome-gnome-shell package installed - I think that the snap version of Firefox doesn't allow it to access it | 17:33 |
| lotuspsychje | troozers: did you check permissions of the FF snap from ubuntu-software? | 17:35 |
| troozers | lotuspsychje: Just checked, looks like everything is enabled in the permissions apart from "Use any connected joystick", and "Read access to network settings".... this is just a default install of firefox | 17:37 |
| lotuspsychje | allrighty, just trying to widen your options to test | 17:38 |
| troozers | I appreciate that :) | 17:39 |
| lotuspsychje | the snap features info mentions extensions, so assuming it 'should' work right | 17:39 |
| troozers | I've done two standard installs of 21.10 on a VM and a laptop... both show the same thing | 17:39 |
| tomreyn | did you try with chromium, too? did you check bug reports? | 17:40 |
| troozers | It works with Google Chrome, but that's a non-snap install of the software | 17:41 |
| Mekaneck | <troozers> firefox complains that; "Although GNOME Shell integration extension is running, native host connector is not detected." -> that is because of the version of FF in 21.10 being snap. Install the deb version of FF. | 17:50 |
| lotuspsychje | Mekaneck: FF going snap by default from 21.10? | 17:51 |
| Mekaneck | yep | 17:51 |
| lotuspsychje | : o | 17:51 |
| troozers | Yeah, have seen that the snap install is the issue | 17:51 |
| Mekaneck | lotuspsychje: the news has been out about it since last week: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2021/09/ubuntu-makes-firefox-snap-default | 17:52 |
| troozers | knew it was the new default, just didn't appreciate that it would affect the installation of gnome shell extensions | 17:52 |
| lotuspsychje | oh tnx, i missed that rss | 17:52 |
| Mekaneck | i guess someone needs to create a snap version of chrome-gnome-shell | 17:55 |
| Mekaneck | to get it working | 17:55 |
| Mekaneck | i'll leave that up to the guys at canonical | 17:56 |
| lotuspsychje | maybe troozers can file a new !bug on it? | 17:56 |
| lotuspsychje | didnt find an existing one right away | 17:57 |
| troozers | Where should I file that? | 17:57 |
| Mekaneck | launchpad | 17:57 |
| Mekaneck | first one who mentioned this issue was someone on Ubuntu NL forum | 17:58 |
| JanC | what's probably most surprising/disturbing is that gnome's shell extension site doesn't work with gnome web... | 18:37 |
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