Manual install fails on Ubuntu 18.04, Gnome 3.28

[LM-HZG]

Hello there,

I'm having troubles to install the extension for Gnome 3.28. I tried the following two approaches following the Readme:

1. manually download and install

• download latest commit for Gome Shell version 3.28 from Releases
• extract and enter folder
• execute make dist
• Result:

rm -fr build
mkdir -p build
cp -R extension/* build
cp -R data/* build
wget https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions/raw/master/lib/convenience.js -O build/convenience.js
--2020-10-23 09:22:06-- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions/raw/master/lib/convenience.js
Auflösen des Hostnamens gitlab.gnome.org (gitlab.gnome.org) … 2620:52:3:1:5054:ff:fe8f:413d, 8.43.85.27
Verbindungsaufbau zu gitlab.gnome.org (gitlab.gnome.org)|2620:52:3:1:5054:ff:fe8f:413d|:443 … verbunden.
HTTP-Anforderung gesendet, auf Antwort wird gewartet … 502 Bad Gateway
2020-10-23 09:22:07 FEHLER 502: Bad Gateway.

Makefile:56: recipe for target 'collect' failed
make: *** [collect] Error 8

2. Deploy via Git

• git clone https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster-shell-extension.git
• cd hamster-shell-extension/
• git checkout 0d815b26ec2df0fe3c65ec5c614c416634e8d4c9

…
HEAD ist jetzt bei 0d815b2 Merge branch 'release/0.10.0'

• make dist leads to the same result as above

Obviously the installation lacks a build/convenience.js. Any ideas?

[LM-HZG]

Update:

• omitting line …

wget https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions/raw/master/lib/convenience.js -O $(BUILDDIR)/convenience.js
…(file does not exist anymore) in collect section of the makefile lets the make routine finish the task, and the respective tarballs and zips are created

• unpacking with tar xfz dist/contact@projecthamster.org.tgz -C ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/contact@projecthamster.org (Not that the readme states "…projecthamster.org.tar.gz…") and refreshing the shell makes the extension available in the tweak tool. However, opening the preferences returns an error and stack trace related to the missing convenience.js. and activating the extension seems to do nothing. No icon displayed, no error message.

• searched for convenience.js in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions/ and found one here.

• Replacing the above link with this one in the makefile results in a seemingly successful build.

• However, clicking the preferences button in gnome-tweak returns this:

SyntaxError: expected expression, got '<'

Stack trace:
@/home/user/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/contact@projecthamster.org/prefs.js:33:7
_getExtensionPrefsModule@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:75:13
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
_selectExtension@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:90:31
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
_onCommandLine@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:243:17
wrapper@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/_legacy.js:82:22
main@resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensionPrefs/main.js:397:5
@

:1:43

Any hint would be appreciated!

[LM-HZG]

For the sake of completeness - the same errors occur following the instructions in #327 with the file linked for 3.28.

[hedayat]

The mentioned file is no longer needed for more recent Gnome vesions; so, you should download the one for gnome 3.28.

You can use this URL instead of the original one:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell-extensions/-/raw/gnome-3-28/lib/convenience.js

[LM-HZG]

That worked! Thanks for pointing me to the right file @hedayat

[hedayat]

:) You're welcome