Command to List Installed and Enabled GNOME Extensions

Question

I want a command to list all extensions currently installed. Also, a command to list all enabled extensions.

Is this possible?

Solution 1

Your locally installed gnome Shell extensions, i.e., these that are installed for your user only, can be listed with the commmand:

ls ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

You can find out which extensions are enables by querying a dconf setting:

gsettings get org.gnome.shell enabled-extensions

System wide installed gnome-shell extensions are listed with the command

ls /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/

Solution 2

This command:

gnome-extensions list

will show all extensions enabled and disabled. To only show those extensions which are enabled use the command:

gnome-extensions list --enabled

Comments

[DK Bose]

Doesn't gnome-tweaks provide an interface to enable/disable gnome extensions?

[vanadium]

@DKBose, OP is asking for commands.

[DK Bose]

I was referring to the last para where you wrote "These extensions can only be disabled ..." which isn't the same as removing using sudo apt remove.

[Boris Hamanov]

Best to do this at extensions.gnome.org/local

[Boris Hamanov]

@vanadium GNOME extensions can NOT be removed with sudo apt remove, as most are not installed by apt, but rather at extensions.gnome.org/local

[vanadium]

@DKBose You are right indeed. also system wide extensions can be disabled by gnome-tweaks. Editing the post.

[vanadium]

@heynnema System wide extensions such as Ubuntu-dock and Kstatusnotifier are removed like that. Look into Software: you will find a selection of extensions that can be installed systemwide through the package management system.

[Boris Hamanov]

@vanadium as I mention... "as most are not installed by apt". So yes, sudo apt remove may work in specific cases.

[gerlos]

It's worth to mention that gnome-extensions command is available from Gnome 34.