How to Install GNOME Extensions on Arch Linux/Manjaro

Cyrus Kao26 Jan 2022

Last modified on 25 Aug 2022 at 05:58:02

There are tens of thousands of extensions provided by the community to empower the GNOME desktop environment. In order to install them via GNOME Extensions on Arch based Linux, we'll need some AUR (Arch User Repository) packages for managing extensions and browser integration.

Prerequisites

Install gnome-shell-extensions for managing and enabling/disabling extensions, and gnome-browser-connector (replacement for chrome-gnome-shell-git) for browser integration (works for both Chrome and Firefox):

yay -S gnome-shell-extensions gnome-browser-connector
Bash

Don't know how to install packages on Arch based Linux? A full guide on Two Ways to Install Packages from AUR on Arch Linux/Manjaro.

Browser Integration

The gnome-browser-connector installed earlier is the server-side of the integration, to install the client-side:

Chrome - GNOME Shell integration
Firefox - GNOME Shell integration

Install Extensions

Visit the official site of GNOME Extensions and enable the extension by toggling it to ON:

Manage Extensions

Either manage your extensions throw browser:

Or use the Extensions app (gnome-shell-extensions) in the desktop shortcuts:

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IBus GNOME Manjaro Chewing Arch Linux Linux

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GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) is the default web browser for GNOME desktop environment. Although the popularity of it is not growing significantly, it's one of my must-have browsers. The reason behind that is because it's the few WebKit based browser on Linux still maintained, comes particularly handy when testing websites.

GNOME Manjaro Arch Linux WebKit Linux GNOME Web

Two Ways to Install Packages from AUR on Arch Linux/Manjaro

In this guide we'll take Google Chrome (google-chrome) for example, showing you two ways to install packages from AUR. Including using the default package manager pacman and an easier approach with the AUR helper yay.

Yay Pacman Package Manager Manjaro Arch Linux Linux

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Microsoft Edge is growing fast since it embraced the power of Chromium. According to some online data, it has become the 3rd most popular browser. And funny enough, it supported Linux too. .deb and .rpm packages are available from the official site, also some AUR packages maintenance by community for Arch Linux users.

Pacman Package Manager Edge Manjaro Arch Linux Linux

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How to Install GNOME Extensions on Arch Linux/Manjaro

Prerequisites

Browser Integration

Install Extensions

Manage Extensions

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