Why does Users Theme Extension not show up under Gnome Tweak Tool?

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After installing the user theme extension, you should restart gnome-shell. Only then would the extension show up in the GNOME tweak tool.

To do that, press Alt + F2 and enter r in the dialog box. Now gnome-shell would restart and the extension will show up in the tweak tool.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • egidra
    egidra over 1 year

    I have want to use user themes for gnome shell, but I am having troubles. I installed the user theme extension, but it doesn't appear to show up under the gnome tweak tool. To confirm that I have the user themes extension installed, here is the feedback I get when I try to install it through terminal again:

    sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme is already the newest version.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
    

    I go under Shell Extensions and there is not option to enable User Themes.

    • Knowledge Cube
      Knowledge Cube over 12 years
      I can't get this package to show up in a dpkg -s or apt-cache search lookup. Are you using a PPA?
    • egidra
      egidra over 12 years
      Yes, I am using a PPA.
    • Alin Andrei
      Alin Andrei over 12 years
      Did you restart GNOME Shell after installing it? This is required for an extension to show up in GNOME Tweak Tool. Also, what PPA did you use?
    • egidra
      egidra over 12 years
      Yes, I forgot. I followed a guide on the internet, but I exited the tab. Do you think I can reinstall it somehow?
    • egidra
      egidra over 12 years
      I believe this is the ppa that I used: ppa:ferramroberto/gnome3
  • domih
    domih over 7 years
    I have a self created extension which was not showing up in gnome-tweak-tool. After changing the extension name in metadata.json and entering ALT+F2 and restarting gnome-shell with command "r" the extension showed up.