Ubuntu
gnome-shell package

Extension NAME already installed in /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/NAME. /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/NAME will not be loaded

Bug #1968910 reported by Laurent Bonnaud
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gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Hi,

I see the following error messages in the system logs about gnome-shell extensions:

# journalctl | grep Extension
[...]
Apr 13 18:30:51 jophur gnome-shell[831]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Apr 13 18:30:51 jophur gnome-shell[831]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Apr 13 18:30:51 jophur gnome-shell[831]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock 72~ubuntu3
Uname: Linux 5.17.2-051702-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu81
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Apr 13 19:57:37 2022
PackageArchitecture: all
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud) wrote :
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: Extension ding@rastersoft.com already installed in /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com. /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com will not be loaded

Those two paths shouldn't be exactly the same. Sounds like a bug in gnome-shell itself.

summary: - Extension drive-menu@gnome-shell-extensions.gcampax.github.com already
- installed in /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/
+ Extension ding@rastersoft.com already installed in /usr/share/gnome-
+ shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com. /usr/share/gnome-
+ shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com will not be loaded
affects: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock (Ubuntu) → gnome-shell (Ubuntu)
summary: Extension ding@rastersoft.com already installed in /usr/share/gnome-
- shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com. /usr/share/gnome-
- shell/extensions/ding@rastersoft.com will not be loaded
+ shell/extensions/NAME /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/NAME will not be
+ loaded
summary: - Extension ding@rastersoft.com already installed in /usr/share/gnome-
+ Extension NAME already installed in /usr/share/gnome-
shell/extensions/NAME /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/NAME will not be
loaded
summary: Extension NAME already installed in /usr/share/gnome-
- shell/extensions/NAME /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/NAME will not be
- loaded
+ shell/extensions/NAME. /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/NAME will not
+ be loaded
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Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud) wrote :

Thanks for the better title and for reassigning this bug!

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-shell (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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piktogramm (piktogramm) wrote :

Try
:~$ gnome-shell-extension-prefs

I had the same problem and somehow extensions where disabled globally while having the exact same log messages. If that's what you are experiencing, the bug is reduced to misleading log entries.

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Laurent Bonnaud (laurent-bonnaud) wrote :
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Here is an updated error message list from lunar:

# journalctl | grep Extension
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /<email address hidden> will not be loaded
Jun 28 08:27:35 vougeot gnome-shell[4088]: Extension <email address hidden> already installed in /<email address hidden>. /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/user-the...

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