gnome-shell/subprojects/extensions-tool/man/gnome-extensions.txt

GNOME-EXTENSIONS(1)
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:man manual: User Commands
:man source: GNOME-EXTENSIONS-TOOL
:doctype: manpage
:date: August 2018

NAME
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gnome-extensions - Command line tool for managing GNOME extensions

SYNOPSIS
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*gnome-extensions* help ['COMMAND']

*gnome-extensions* version

*gnome-extensions* enable 'UUID'

*gnome-extensions* disable 'UUID'

*gnome-extensions* reset 'UUID'

*gnome-extensions* info 'UUID'

*gnome-extensions* show 'UUID'

*gnome-extensions* list ['OPTION'...]

*gnome-extensions* prefs 'UUID'

*gnome-extensions* create ['OPTION'...]

*gnome-extensions* pack ['OPTION'...]

*gnome-extensions* install ['OPTION'...] 'PACK'

*gnome-extensions* uninstall 'UUID'

DESCRIPTION
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*gnome-extensions* is a utility that makes some common GNOME extensions
operations available on the command line.

COMMON OPTIONS
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All commands except for *help* and *version* handle the following options:

*--quiet*, *-q*::
Do not print error messages

COMMANDS
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*help* ['COMMAND']::
Displays a short synopsis of the available commands or provides
detailed help on a specific command.

*version*::
Prints the program version.

*enable* 'UUID'::
Enables the extension identified by 'UUID'.
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The command will not detect any errors from the extension itself, use the
*info* command to confirm that the extension state is *ENABLED*.
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If the extension is already enabled, the command will do nothing.

*disable* 'UUID'::
Disables the extension identified by 'UUID'.
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If the extension is not enabled, the command will do nothing.

*reset* 'UUID'::
Reset the extension identified by 'UUID'.
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The extension will be disabled in GNOME, but may be enabled by other sessions
like GNOME Classic.

*info* 'UUID'::
Show details of the extension identified by 'UUID', including name,
description and state.

*show* 'UUID'::
Synonym of info.

*list* ['OPTION'...]::
Displays a list of installed extensions.
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.Options
  *--user*;;
    Include extensions installed in the user's *$HOME*

  *--system*;;
    Include extensions installed in the system

  *--enabled*;;
    Include enabled extensions

  *--disabled*;;
    Include disabled extensions

  *--prefs*;;
    Only include extensions with preferences

  *--updates*;;
    Only include extensions with pending updates

  *-d*;;
  *--details*;;
    Show some extra information for each extension

*prefs* 'UUID'::
Open the preference dialog of the extension identified by 'UUID'.


*create* ['OPTION'...]::
Creates a new extension from a template.
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.Options
  *--name*='NAME':::
    Set the user-visible name in the extension's metadata
    to 'NAME'

  *--description*='DESC':::
    Set the description in the extension's metadata to 'DESC'

  *--uuid*='UUID':::
    Set the unique extension ID in the metadata to 'UUID'

  *--template*='TEMPLATE':::
    Use 'TEMPLATE' as base for the new extension

  *-i*:::
  *--interactive*:::
    Prompt for any extension metadata that hasn't been provided
    on the command line

*pack* ['OPTION'...] ['SOURCE-DIRECTORY']::
Creates an extension bundle that is suitable for publishing.
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The bundle will always include the required files extension.js
and metadata.json, as well as any of the optional stylesheet.css,
stylesheet-dark.css, stylesheet-light.css or prefs.js if found.
Each additional source that should be included must be specified
with *--extra-source*.
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If the extension includes one or more GSettings schemas, they can
either be placed in a schemas/ folder to be picked up automatically,
or be specified with *--schema*.
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Similarily, translations are included automatically when they are
located in a po/ folder, otherwise the *--podir* option can be
used to point to the correct directory. If no gettext domain is
provided on the command line, the value of the *gettext-domain*
metadata field is used if it exists, and the extension UUID
if not.
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All files are searched in 'SOURCE-DIRECTORY' if specified, or
the current directory otherwise.
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.Options
  *--extra-source*='FILE':::
    Additional source to include in the bundle

  *--schema*='SCHEMA':::
    A GSettings schema that should be compiled and
    included

  *--podir*='PODIR':::
    A directory with translations that should be
    compiled and included

  *--gettext-domain*='DOMAIN':::
    The gettext domain to use for translations

  *-f*:::
  *--force*:::
    Overwrite an existing pack

  *-o*:::
  *--out-dir*='DIRECTORY':::
    The directory where the pack should be created

*install* ['OPTION'...] 'PACK'::
Installs an extension from the bundle 'PACK'.
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The command unpacks the extension files and moves them to
the expected location in the user's *$HOME*, so that it
will be loaded in the next session.
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It is mainly intended for testing, not as a replacement for
the extension website. As extensions have privileged access
to the user's session, it is advised to never load extensions
from untrusted sources without carefully reviewing their content.
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.Options
  *--force*:::
    Override an existing extension

*uninstall* 'UUID'::
Uninstalls the extension identified by 'UUID'.


EXIT STATUS
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On success 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.

BUGS
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The tool is part of the gnome-shell project, and bugs should be reported
in its issue tracker at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/issues.