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[bug#44335,v2,0/3] Install Chromium extensions with Guix!

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Marius Bakke Nov. 2, 2020, 12:22 a.m. UTC 
Hello,

Here is an updated patch series that introduces a new module to deal
with the Chromium extension machinery.

The procedures have also been tweaked a little to reduce duplication.

I still don't know why extensions installed with Guix are not updated.
It could be that the update functionality has been patched out by
ungoogled-chromium.  More testing pending.

Marius Bakke (3):
  gnu: ungoogled-chromium: Add search path for installed extensions.
  Add (gnu build chromium-extension).
  gnu: Add ublock-origin-chromium.

 gnu/build/chromium-extension.scm              | 192 ++++++++++++++++++
 gnu/local.mk                                  |   3 +
 gnu/packages/browser-extensions.scm           | 100 +++++++++
 gnu/packages/chromium.scm                     |  18 +-
 .../ungoogled-chromium-search-path.patch      |  28 +++
 5 files changed, 333 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 gnu/build/chromium-extension.scm
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/browser-extensions.scm
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/ungoogled-chromium-search-path.patch

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Leo Famulari Nov. 2, 2020, 12:55 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 01:22:25AM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Here is an updated patch series that introduces a new module to deal
> with the Chromium extension machinery.
> 
> The procedures have also been tweaked a little to reduce duplication.
> 
> I still don't know why extensions installed with Guix are not updated.
> It could be that the update functionality has been patched out by
> ungoogled-chromium.  More testing pending.

Really great work Marius! We trust your judgement on when the code is
"ready".
Marius Bakke Nov. 8, 2020, 5:38 p.m. UTC | #2 
Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 01:22:25AM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Here is an updated patch series that introduces a new module to deal
>> with the Chromium extension machinery.
>> 
>> The procedures have also been tweaked a little to reduce duplication.
>> 
>> I still don't know why extensions installed with Guix are not updated.
>> It could be that the update functionality has been patched out by
>> ungoogled-chromium.  More testing pending.
>
> Really great work Marius! We trust your judgement on when the code is
> "ready".

Thanks, it's in 'master' now!  After further testing I found that
updating extensions does work, not sure what went wrong the first time
around.

Removing and reinstalling extensions is still "impossible" without
serious Chromium profile surgery.  But let's deal with that later.

I also committed a bonus extension that can send YouTube and other
streaming sites directly to the Kodi media center.

Feedback still welcome.  Enjoy the new add-on enchanced
ungoogled-chromium experience!  :-)

Now to figure out how to do the same for IceCat...
Leo Famulari Nov. 8, 2020, 5:46 p.m. UTC | #3 
On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 06:38:21PM +0100, Marius Bakke wrote:
> Thanks, it's in 'master' now!  After further testing I found that
> updating extensions does work, not sure what went wrong the first time
> around.

Great!

> I also committed a bonus extension that can send YouTube and other
> streaming sites directly to the Kodi media center.

Ah, very nice :)