#INSTALLING GOOGLE CHROME MAC OS#
#INSTALLING GOOGLE CHROME INSTALL#

Sure the file is available to the machine you want to install the extension on. The location of the CRX file- This can either be a local directory or a network share.The extension version- This appears in the extension management page chrome://extensions or The extension ID- This can be found in the extension management page chrome://extensions. If you are distributing to Linux users from a local file, you will need to package a CRX The extension's ID- This can be found in the Chrome Web Store URL of the extension.If you are distributing an extension hosted in the Chrome Web Store, you must first publish theĮxtension. Before you begin Installing from the Chrome Web Store

#INSTALLING GOOGLE CHROME MAC OS#

Local CRX file on Mac OS (see Continuing to protect Chrome users from malicious extensions). As of Chrome 44, no external installs are allowed from a path to a Warning: Windows and Mac installs must come from Chrome Web Store: As of Chrome 33, no external installsĪre allowed from a path to a local CRX file on Windows (see Protecting Windows users from malicious extensions). Prompted to enable the extension it is installed automatically. On Linux, the preferences file can point to a Chrome Web Store extension, an externally hostedĮxtension or a CRX extension file on the user's computer. Windows and macOS users will have to enable the extension using the following confirmation dialog: When an extension is installed via these methods, Update_URL must point to the Chrome Web Store. Using the Windows registry (for Windows only)īoth ways support installing an extension hosted at an update_URL.Using a preferences JSON file (for macOS X and Linux only).To learn more, seeįor the previous cases, Google Chrome supports the following extension installation methods: Note: Administrators can also use enterprise policies to manage extension installation. A network admin wants to install the same extensions throughout their organization.

Whenever the user installs that other software.

An extension is associated with some other software, and the extension should be installed.

In some cases, though, other installationįlows may be more appropriate. Typically Chrome users install extensions by visiting an extension's listing in the Chrome Web StoreĪnd installing the extension directly from that page.

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