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#CHROME BROWSER EXTENSION FOR MAC MAC OS X#
#CHROME BROWSER EXTENSION FOR MAC MAC OS#
#CHROME BROWSER EXTENSION FOR MAC INSTALL#
#CHROME BROWSER EXTENSION FOR MAC SOFTWARE#

For example, \\server\share\extension.crx would be "\\\\server\\share\\extension.crx". Note: You need to escape each \ character in the location."external_crx" : "/home/share/extension.crx" , Linux only: If you are installing from a file, specify the extension's location and version with fields named "external_crx" and "external_version" in the file created above. Note: Use chmod if necessary to make sure that the aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc.json files are world-readable. Prior versions used a different path: /Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Extensions/ This path was deprecated in version 17. Note: The above path for all users was added in Chrome 16. These restrictions prevent an unprivileged user from causing extensions to be installed for all users. The path must also be free of symbolic links. The external extension file for all users is read only if every directory in the path is owned by the user root, has the group admin or wheel, and is not world writable.

#CHROME BROWSER EXTENSION FOR MAC MAC OS#

Mac OS X:įor a specific user: ~USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions/ For all users: /Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions/ The location depends on the operating system. (Copy it to a local directory or to a network share for example, \\server\share\extension.crx or /home/share/extension.crx.)Ĭreate a file with the following name in one of the folders listed below: aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc.json where the file name (without the extension) corresponds to your extension's ID.

#CHROME BROWSER EXTENSION FOR MAC INSTALL#

crx extension file available to the machine you want to install the extension on. If you are installing from a file on Linux, make the.

#CHROME BROWSER EXTENSION FOR MAC MAC OS X#

Mac OS X and Linux only: Do not use the preferences file for Windows.

crx file and make sure that it installs successfully. # Before you beginįirst, publish the extension in the Chrome Web Store, or package a. crx extension file on the user's Linux computer. The preferences JSON file also supports installing an extension from a. The preferences file on Linux can point to your own server where you are hosting the extension.

On Windows and Mac, the update_URL must point to the Chrome Web Store where the extension must be hosted.

Using the Windows registry (for Windows only)īoth ways support installing an extension hosted at an update_URL.

Using a preferences JSON file (for Mac OS X and Linux only).

For developers who want to distribute an extension as part of the installation process for other software, or for network admins that want to distribute an extension throughout their organization, Google Chrome supports the following extension installation methods:

A network admin wants to install the same extensions throughout their organization.Īn extension that is not installed from the Chrome Web Store is known as an external extension.

An extension is associated with some other software, and the extension should be installed whenever the user installs that other software.Usually, users install extensions from the Chrome Web Store, but sometimes you might want an extension to be installed via other means.

#CHROME BROWSER EXTENSION FOR MAC SOFTWARE#

Failure to comply with one of these distribution methods constitutes a violation of the Chrome extension policy and may result in the extension and/or the software distributing it to be flagged as unwanted software. It has not yet been validated for compliance with Manifest V3.Īll Chrome extensions must be distributed either directly from the Chrome Web Store or by using the mechanisms described below. This page was migrated directly from the MV2 documentation set.