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I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 and the Gnome shell 3.18.5. I'm new to the whole 'Gnome Shell extension'-thing (I use my browser to install user-made extensions?) ..

So, the first time I accessed https://extensions.gnome.org I could install an extension I think but now it shows me a message (for example when I navigate to https://extensions.gnome.org/local/): "Attempt to postMessage on disconnected port":

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I can't seem to do anything on that website anymore. When I view an extension on the website I can't find any install button or anything (but then I'm not really sure how it is supposed to work).

I tried to install the extension "Hide Top Bar" and also have the Gnome Tweak Tool installed.

How would I install that tool with the command line?

$ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-hide-top-bar

does not seem to work (E: Unable to locate package gnome-shell-extensions-hide-top-bar)

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  • PSA: This issue exists in 16.10 as well with the recent upgrade to Firefox 52, the answer works for 16.10 as well.
    – TrailRider
    Mar 12, 2017 at 15:26

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Ubuntu 16.04

Well, I found the answer, I didn't have chrome-gnome-shell installed.

  • I checked my Firefox extensions (type about:addons in the firefox url bar). The GNOME Shell integration was listed there.
  • Click on More to read instructions:

This extension provides integration with GNOME Shell and the corresponding extensions repository https://extensions.gnome.org You MUST install native connector for this extension to work. [...] For Ubuntu Linux package is available in ne0sight/chrome-gnome-shell PPA. To install it type: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ne0sight/chrome-gnome-shell sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chrome-gnome-shell

  • And this is what I did:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ne0sight/chrome-gnome-shell

    sudo apt-get update

    sudo apt-get install chrome-gnome-shell

Now there is a on/off slider at the top right on the page of each extension.


Ubuntu 16.10 (additional information from TrailRider)

chrome-gnome-shell is in the 16.10 repos (not sure about 16.04) so you can install it with the software center or via apt-get BUT it WILL NOT work and you will get the same error. Installing the ppa and then running apt-get upgrade will update chrome-gnome-shell to a more current version and it will work. I had some confusion after I installed and it would still give me the error so I added this info in a comment [update: I included it in the answer for more visibility]

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    +1 great answer. Let me add here that chrome-gnome-shell is in the 16.10 repos (not sure about 16.04) so you can install is with the software center or via apt-get BUT it WILL NOT work and you will get the same error. Installing the ppa and then running apt-get upgrade will update chrome-gnome-shell to a more current version and it will work. I had some confusion after I installed and it would still give me the error so I added this info in a comment. You are free to add this to you answer if you wish.
    – TrailRider
    Mar 12, 2017 at 15:24
  • Thanks @TrailRider. I included your comment in my answer for more visibility!
    – Stockfisch
    Mar 13, 2017 at 13:55
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For anyone else that has this issue, check if this file exists:

/etc/chromium/policies/managed/chrome-gnome-shell.json

Somehow it was missing on my 16.10 system, which was fixed by adding the PPA above.

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