Bug#662671: Not obvious how to enable extensions once installed

[Michael Biebl]

Am 05.03.2012 20:47, schrieb Josh Triplett:
> On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 06:44:53PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> On 05.03.2012 16:59, Josh Triplett wrote:
>>> Package: gnome-shell-extensions
>>> Version: 3.2.3-1
>>> Severity: normal
>>>
>>> I installed gnome-shell-extensions, but then didn't see any obvious way
>>> to enable or configure extensions.  No new applet showed up in
>>> gnome-control-center, nothing obvious showed up in the overview's
>>> search, and I didn't find any documentation in the package description or
>>> /usr/share/doc/gnome-shell-extensions/ that indicated how to enable or
>>> configure extensions.
>>
>> You need to restart the shell and then best use a tool like
>> gnome-tweak-tool.
>>
>> Would be README.Debian be sufficient?
> 
> If no way exists to enable or configure extensions other than
> gnome-tweak-tool, I'd suggest adding a "Depends: gnome-tweak-tool" or at
> least a "Recommends: gnome-tweak-tool".  Given that, it would suffice to

You can modify the settings via the gsettings command line tool
directly. But that is rather cumbersome.
https://extensions.gnome.org/local/ afaik also lets you enable/disable
locally installed extensions.

But gnome-tweak-tools is probably the most convenient way.

Michael

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