Questions tagged [extension]
Extensions add additional functionality to the interface of a program. Not to be confused with plugins. Examples of programs that use extensions include GNOME Shell, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome.
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How can I minimize Thunderbird 60.2.1 to tray after "MinimizeToTray revived" add-on stopped working?
After update, my Thunderbird stopped getting minimized with the "MinimizeToTray revived" add-on.
Is there any way to minimize my Thunderbird? Any other add-on that works with the new version?
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How do I install VLC extensions?
VLC player allows installing extensions, plugins, skins. They have to be copied into a folder: for example, its .lua extensions should be in a folder with the same name. Where is that?
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How to open directory in Guake from Nautilus
In Nautilus, I have upon right-clicking a directory, the option to open a Terminal with the prompt in the selected directory. I think this is very handy and I use it a lot.
Now I would like to use ...
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Keyboard layout indicator sometimes disappears Ubuntu 18.04.1 after some update [duplicate]
Ubuntu 18.04.1, GNOME 3.28.2, Tweaks -> Extension: Dash to panel
After some updates 05 Jan 2019 - 08 Jan 2019 I began to see sometimes:
Unstable:
(But this is NOT permanent! For example i made ...
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Are GNOME Shell extensions compatible with Unity?
Today I saw an article about extensions for GNOME Shell, so it got me thinking a couple of questions that may apply to many users in Unity:
Will the GNOME Shell extensions be compatible with Unity?
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GNOME extension is incompatible
I used Ubuntu 20.04 for a few months. This is the third I'm using Ubuntu 21.10 and I cannot install this GNOME extension: Emoji Selector
How can I fix this?
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Incorrect filename extension
In the Terminal whole doing sudo apt-get update I am often getting the message
ignoring 'get deb.list.bck in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d' as it has invalid filename extension
What is the ...
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How to install google chrome extensions though Terminal
I want to install chrome extensions in chrome browser through Terminal instead of doing in GUI.
Is there any way to install the extensions from Terminal?
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Have Thunderbird 52 running in background
Just like what people asked here in the past (How to run Thunderbird in the background?, Start Thunderbird in background), I would like to have Thunderbird running at all times during which my PC is ...
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How do I fix invalid filename extension?
Ignoring file 'sublime-text.lis' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
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Updating VS Code in ubuntu 18.04
I want to update my VS Code so tried multiple option in doing so all result in something like this
sudo dpkg -i code_1.45.1-1589445302_amd64.deb
martin@martin:~/Downloads$ sudo apt install code
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How to install PHP `mbstring` extension in Ubuntu?
What is the PHP mbstring extension, and what is the best way to install it on Ubuntu 14.04?
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Where are chromium extensions located?
Where are extensions stored once they've been installed to Chromium?
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Mysql extension is missing in php7 installation. Ubuntu 16.04
I am having trouble enabling mysql in my php-config.
apt-get install php-mysql and apt-get install php7.0-mysql don't make a difference.
Also, the shared object is missing from the php extension ...
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VirtualBox problem: Kernel module is not loaded
I have installed VirtualBox several times, same error every time ( Also see screenshots below)
WARNING: The vboxdrv kernel module is not loaded. Either there is no module available for the current ...
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Which is the proper way to add Lightning calendar to Thunderbird (60+)?
A recent update of Thunderbird in Ubuntu (version 60.2.1) broke the Lightning calendar installed as add-on. See here. Mozilla provides Lightning as bundled in the last versions, but Ubuntu (and Debian?...
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Add a custom text to GNOME panel
I want to add some text to the GNOME panel in GNOME Classic.
I got a suggestion from this blog but it dates back to 2008 and doesn't seem applicable now.
In Ubuntu 12.10 and GNOME classic, the ...
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Gnome Tweak Tool does not show extensions
I cannot use the user the gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme because there is no button on the tweak tool to enable extensions!
I've completely uninstalled and reinstalled the gnome-tweak-tool, no ...
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Where Ubuntu Gnome Looking Glass / extensions logs are stored?
I've started to playing around with extensions for ubuntu gnome, gnome-shell version 3.18.5. During the development I've encountered a problem finding logs from my extension or even the one used ...
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apt update message : /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist - invalid file name extension
When I run sudo apt update I receive the following message: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades.ucf-dist has an invalid file name extension. This has also started giving me an error message every now ...
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Installing textext-0.4.4 in Inkscape 0.91
I am trying to install textext-0.4.4 in Inkscape 0.91.
I am on Ubuntu 15.04.
I follow the same procedure for Ubuntu 14.04, but it does not work.
Install Pstoedit and pdflatex
download textext-0.4.4.
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Closing application from corner of the screen is pain
In the above image you can see how much space is there. My complete cursor can fit above close button. I don't want that. I want to close any app by clicking on the extreme top right corner without ...
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No buttons on extensions.gnome.org
There are no buttons in extensions.gnome.org website. So I am unable to download shell extensions. I have already installed gnome-shell in ubuntu 12.04. My GNOME screen looks very pale.
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The name of the ubuntu 4 screens split window
In my university's linux, there is in the dock a button that when we click on it, we can move the screen to either top right/bottom left/bottom right, and the actual screen is in the top left of this ...
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Can't install GNOME Shell extensions from the extensions.gnome.org site [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Not able to install extensions from official website
When I go to extensions.gnome.org to add shell extensions to my Ubuntu 11.10 box I am getting a notification that I don't ...
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How to install Intel AVX 2 on Ubuntu
Recently I had a clean intall to Ubuntu 20.04. LTS from Windows 10 and i wanted to install Intel Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX, also known as Sandy Bridge New Extensions). I surfed a lot in the ...
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GNOME Shell User Theme Extension
How do I activate the gnome-shell user-theme extension in Oneiric with GNOME 3.2? I've installed the package gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme but can't find anywhere on how to activate it. I thought ...
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Making a symlink for a bin file and renaming it to "readme" (w/o extension) gives it text file properties
When I create a symlink for a bin file(on Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04) and rename it "readme", it shows as a link to text file. Also, when i checked the properties of this file, it says "Link to text/...
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Can't enable GNOME Shell extensions
I recently installed the Media player indicator extension and all the extensions are blocked. I cannot enable the ones that have been disabled earlier. I also tried to disable one of those which were ...
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Where is working "Simpler Off Menu" gnome-shell extension for Ubuntu 22.04?
For Ubuntu 20.04 extension can be installed from here.
But for 22.04 it is not working. Where can I found working version and how to install it?
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File types in Nautilus - how to distinguish between different file types? [closed]
Under file Type column in Nautilus, I get file categories like Image, Document, etc. I need to sort files according to file format. Is there a way make a distinction, based on file formats?
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