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I have the chrome-gnome-shell package installed. I have the Firefox add-on installed (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/gnome-shell-integration/) and I granted it permissions.

When I go here for example: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1287/unite/https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1287/unite/, and select the Gnome version and extension version, it only offers to download a Zip file. It does not offer to install and there is no option in the Firefox download dialog for that.

What do I need to do to make this work? I would prefer not to do the fancy work of unzipping, writing down UUIDs and all that just to install an extension.

siride
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Please make sure you have both gnome-shell-extensions and chrome-gnome-shell packages installed:

Install them as follows:

  1. Install gnome-shell-extensions 
    sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions
  2. Install chrome-gnome-shell 
    sudo apt install chrome-gnome-shell

After that:

  • Install the Gnome tweaks tool as follows: 
    sudo apt install gnome-tweaks
  • Open the GNOME tweaks tool as follows: 
    gnome-tweaks
  • Select extensions from the left side menu and enable them.

Firefox gnome extensions should now install easily from this official web page (simply by flipping the OFF button on the top right to ON):

https://extensions.gnome.org/

You might need to log out and re-log in for the gnome extensions to work.

Raffa
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    As noted in my question, I have already done all these steps. It still doesn't work and instead it just offers to have me download a zip file. – siride Sep 25 '20 at 21:47
  • @siride As noted in your question, I am not sure you have installed gnome-shell-extensions. Have you? – Raffa Sep 25 '20 at 21:55
  • Yes. I even double checked just to make sure. Output of apt: $ apt list gnome-shell-extensions Listing... Done gnome-shell-extensions/focal,focal,now 3.36.1-1 all [installed] – siride Sep 25 '20 at 22:00
  • @siride It looks installed indeed. Probably use gnome-tweaks to enable extensions and make sure you log out then log in back. Apart from that, I do not have other suggestions. I have it configured this way and running on my system without any issue. – Raffa Sep 25 '20 at 22:08
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    @siride I noticed you wrote "and select the Gnome version and extension version, it only offers to download a Zip file" ... This is not how you install the extension! You just need to flip the OFF button on the top right to ON and the extension will be installed. Just like that. – Raffa Sep 25 '20 at 22:17
  • That did it! It's totally not what I'd expect to upgrade, but there you have it. – siride Sep 26 '20 at 02:03