installing extensions in ungoogled-chromium
last updated: Mar 12, 2024
I use ungoogled-chromium for debugging sometimes, and wanted to install the react developer tools.
Unfortunately, the google chrome store arbitrarily restricts the ungoogled browser from installing normally via the extension store.
To fix it, the process was reasonably simple, via the answer here:
- Add a bookmark with this URL:
javascript:location.href='https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&acceptformat=crx2,crx3&prodversion='+(navigator.appVersion.match(/Chrome\/(\S+)/)[1])+'&x=id%'+'3D'+(document.querySelector('a[href^="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/report/"]').pathname.match(/[^\/]+\/*$/)[0])+'%'+'26installsource%'+'3Dondemand%'+'26uc';
- Visit
chrome://flags/#extension-mime-request-handling
, set it toAlways prompt for install
- Visit an extension page (example), and click the bookmarklet
That's it! the extension should now be installed.
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