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<div class="bz_comment bz_first_comment"><font face="serif">Package:gnome-shell<br>
Version:3.4.2-7<br>
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This problem will be the same in version 3.8.3-1.<br>
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If I go to extensions.gnome.org, and try to install an
extension, the on/off
slider moves to "on", then there is a prompt asking if I want to
install the extension, I
answer yes, but then nothing happens, and nothing is created in
~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions. Reloading the page shows
the on/off
slider in "off" position.
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This is due to the fact that gnome shell tries to save the file
in /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions,<br>
which is a root only access directory (computer at work, I do
not have root privilege).
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could gnome-shell be packaged so that local users can install
extensions without root privilege,<br>
for example in "~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/" ?<br>
<br>
</font><font face="serif"><small><big>I filed a bug at
gnome-shell, and the answer was :</big></small></font><br>
<pre class="bz_comment_text" id="comment_text_6">"We use the standard environment variable $XDG_DATA_HOME to get the user data
directory at runtime. Make sure nothing is setting that."</pre>
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see bug report : <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704509">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704509</a><br>
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<font face="serif">If that was not the good answer, two actions to
solve the problem :<br>
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- tell gnome-shell to install user extensions in local directory <br>
~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions<br>
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- but also tell gnome-shell to read packaged extensions (for
example from<br>
gnome-shell-extensions package) in
/usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions</font><br>
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Thanks<br>
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