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Gnome - Extensions - Install GNOME Shell extensions manually

Visit the GNOME Extensions website and download the extension with the latest version.

NOTE: Extensions can be downloaded and installed later, even without needing internet.

Steps

Extract the downloaded file.
Copy the folder to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions directory.
Determine the the actual extension subdirectory name to create.
- Open metadata.json file, and look for the value of uuid.
- Make sure that the name of the extension direction is the same as the value of uuid in the metadata.json file.
Restart GNOME Shell. Press Alt+F2, and enter r and press ENTER to restart GNOME Shell.
Restart GNOME Tweaks tool as well.
- You should see the manually installed GNOME extension in the Tweak tool now.
- The new installed extension can be configure or enabled in the Tweak tool.