Install extensions manually

thomassawyer

I recently tried to install an extension manually by dragging the .crx file onto the extension page, but nothing happens. The extension was packed from its source in Vivaldi.

I believe this worked at some point. Was this feature disabled for some reason or is it just a bug?

iAN CooG

Enable developer mode. I just tried ScriptJaeger from its github
https://github.com/An-dz/ScriptJaeger/releases/tag/v0.5.1
and it's installed. I manually update several of my extensions weekly and it's working for me. I'm using Vivaldi 2.5.1525.4, you?

thomassawyer

@iAN-CooG I tried this version (latest snapshot, right?), but it didn't work. I can load the extension and pack it into a .crx file on dev mode, but I can't install this file directly into Vivaldi.

iAN CooG

that's weird, all crx I drag in the extensions page activate the request to install them for me and works.

mib2berlin

@thomassawyer
Hi, iirc you have "Developer mode" switch to On.

Cheers, mib

iAN CooG

@mib2berlin he already confirmed he has it activated, he can even pack the extensions, which is not possible if you don't have dev mode active.
@Gwen-Dragon an unsiged crx would pop up a line saying "package is invalid CRX_SIGNATURE_VERIFICATION_FAILED" but surely not silently fail.
@thomassawyer When everything fails, I'd try to refresh the default profile.
I've tried to create a new profile, enabled dev mode and I can reproduce the problem, dragging a crx in the window doesn't react, only works for my default profile.

iAN CooG

Summary: Extension crx can't be dragged in extension window on a different profile
Key: VB-52458
Summary: Invalid crx extension with no manifest.json cause Vivaldi to crash after warning
Key: VB-52459

iAN CooG

@Gwen-Dragon should arrive soon, I've replied with a dump rar-ed

iAN CooG

@Gwen-Dragon it's just a matter or deleting the manifest.json from the crx, I've used 7zip but i bet it can be done with any archiver, it's just a zip file after all. I'm confident there's no need for me to upload it, right?

iAN CooG

@Gwen-Dragon said in Install extensions manually:

@iAN-CooG said in Install extensions manually:

I've used 7zip but i bet it can be done with any archiver, it's just a zip file after all

No, the CRX is not a zip file.

Sigh. It is, it has an added CRX header but it's still is a zip file.
Anyway, added the altered crx to the report as it seems too hard to even try it.

7-Zip 18.05 (x86) : Copyright (c) 1999-2018 Igor Pavlov : 2018-04-30

Scanning the drive for archives:
1 file, 65110 bytes (64 KiB)

Listing archive: ScriptJaeger0.5.1.crx

--
Path = ScriptJaeger0.5.1.crx
Type = zip
Offset = 593
Physical Size = 64517

   Date      Time    Attr         Size   Compressed  Name
------------------- ----- ------------ ------------  ------------------------
2018-10-15 13:59:42 .....        34621        10179  background.js
2018-10-15 13:48:08 .....         3141          853  default-prefs.js
2018-10-15 13:48:08 D....            0            2  images
2018-10-15 13:48:08 .....         1320          694  LICENSE
2018-10-15 13:48:08 .....         4189         1299  popup.css
2018-10-15 13:48:08 .....         3420         1043  popup.html
[etc]

iAN CooG

it could be a win7 32bit issue then

QuHno

@iAN-CooG Checked VB-52459

Downloaded and dragged the altered Version into Vivaldi, got the yellow bar and pressed OK, tried it again and hit the X.
Downloaded the original, Opened the file with 7z (did not unpack) deleted the manifest, dragged it into Vivaldi, got the yellow bar and pressed OK, tried it again and hit the X.
Tried it with the unpacked version and "load unpacked" too.

Tested with the 32 and 64 builds of Vivaldi in W7 x64 (sorry, no W7 i386 here since years)

2.4.1488.38 (stable)
2.5.1525.30 (snapshot)
2.5.1531.1 (internal)

No crash.

So either it is W7 i386 or something else.

iAN CooG

@QuHno ok but there should be some PC in Vivaldi with win7 32 bit to test it, because it's supported so it should be tested aswell.
I can test with this 1525.30 SS - which has fixes for some previous problems with extensions - and report back.

Edit: No change, still crashing after pressing the OK appearing in the warning after dragging the invalid crx. Re-replied with a new crashdump
Previous report was made from my Home PC, now on work PC, so 2 different PCs, both 32bit, with same Vivaldi SS version but different extensions used (apart uBlock Origin on both) and settings.

Edit 2: I've tested on my 2nd work PC, with Win10 64bit, and I confirm it doesn't crash Vivaldi. Definately a 32bit only issue.

Deodata

Baffled by pc speak, surely it should easy to add an extension? I go to the Store and it gives the option of my phone or tablet but not vivaldi on my desktop. Just started using vivaldi.

DoctorG

@deodata You need to activate Settings → Privacy → Google Extension → Chrome Web Store, restart and visit https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions.
Search extension you like to install and hit "Add to Chrome" button.