update_URL
.On Windows and Mac,the update_URL
must point to the Chrome Web Storewhere the extension must be hosted..crx
extensionfile on the user's Linux computer..crx
fileand make sure that it installs successfully..crx
on Windows(see Protecting Windows users from malicious extensions).As of Chrome 44,no external installs are allowed from a path to a local .crx on Mac(see Continuing to protect Chrome users from malicious extensions)..crx
file, or the update URL from which it is served 1.0
and the ID is aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc
..crx
extensionfile available to the machine you want to install the extension on.(Copy it to a local directory or to a network share for example,servershareextension.crx
or /home/share/extension.crx
.)aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc.json
where the file name (without the extension) corresponds to your extension's ID. The location depends on the operating system. ~USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions/
/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions/
root
, has the group admin
or wheel
, and is not world writable. The path must also be free of symbolic links. These restrictions prevent an unprivileged user from causing extensions to be installed for all users. See troubleshooting for details./Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/Extensions/
This path was deprecated in version 17. Support was removed in version 20. Use one of the paths above instead./opt/google/chrome/extensions/
/usr/share/google-chrome/extensions/
chmod
if necessary to make sure that the aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc.json
files are world-readable.
character in the location. For example, servershareextension.crx
would be 'servershareextension.crx'
. external_extensions.json
file to specify which extensions toinstall. This file has been deprecated in favor of individual .json
files, one per extension.chgrp
or the Finder's Get Info dialog to change the directory's group owner to the Administrator group.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareGoogleChromeExtensions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareWow6432NodeGoogleChromeExtensions
aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc
).update_URL
,not from a local file path..crx
aaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbcccccccccc.json
) is in the wrong location or the ID specified does not match the extension ID. .crx
(or path specified but no filename) 'serversharefile'
is wrong; it should be 'servershareextension'
) .crx
file in the Chrome Web Store