gnome shell integration plugin missing for chromium

[Cristian]

Impact
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Firefox 52 drops support for traditional NPAPI plugins. This means that https://extensions.gnome.org/ will stop working unless users have chrome-gnome-shell installed. They'll also need to install a browser plugin but https://extensions.gnome.org/ explains how to do that. For more info, see LP: #1652537

This bug is just having ubuntu-gnome-desktop dependd on chrome-gnome-shell.

Test Case
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Check that ubuntu-gnome-desktop depends on chrome-gnome-shell.

Regression Potential
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Low. chrome-gnome-shell itself was verified in the other bug.

Other Info
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This was already done in zesty:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-gnome-meta/0.73

Trusty's chrome-gnome-shell failed verification so I'm not uploading trusty's ubuntu-gnome-meta update yet.

Original Bug Report
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ubuntu gnome 14.04 is missing the gnome shell integration plugin.

when executing 'dpkg-query -L gnome-shell', '/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so' is reported as installed, but there is no mention of chromium

[Tim Lunn (darkxst)]

Chromium used to use the mozilla npapi plugin, however npapi support was dropped from chromium now. I don't believe upstream have implemented a new ppapi plugin for chromium yet

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[CarbonPepper (carbonpepper)]

Confirm it's also missing from chrome (deb download). Workaround for me (14.04 64bit) is to manage gnome extensions using firefox

[tophill (tp)]

Same here.

[gsmetal (gsmetal)]

Meanwhile, in firefox it's deprecated too, and it shows warning on extensions.gnome.org.

[Jogarem (jogi)]

still a bug in Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

What I tried was to copy

/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so

to

/usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/

but that doesn't work for me. about:plugins ignores this and I have no idea what else I could try.

I also tried then to start chromium by:

chromium-browser -vvvv --extra-plugin-dir=/usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/

but this gives no hint that it even tries to access that dir/plugin:

book:~$ chromium-browser -vvvv --extra-plugin-dir=/usr/lib/chromium-browser/plugins/
Using PPAPI flash.
[18843:18843:1118/184850:ERROR:nss_util.cc(845)] After loading Root Certs, loaded==false: NSS error code: -8018
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list.cc(215)] Loading plugin chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list_posix.cc(25)] Considering chrome-extension://mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai/ (Chromium PDF Viewer)
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list.cc(215)] Loading plugin /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list_posix.cc(25)] Considering /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libpepflashplayer.so (Shockwave Flash)
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list.cc(215)] Loading plugin internal-remoting-viewer
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list_posix.cc(25)] Considering internal-remoting-viewer (Chromoting Viewer)
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list.cc(215)] Loading plugin /opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdmadapter.so
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list_posix.cc(25)] Considering /opt/google/chrome/libwidevinecdmadapter.so (Widevine Content Decryption Module)
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list.cc(215)] Loading plugin internal-pdf-viewer
[18843:18937:1118/184851:ERROR:plugin_list_posix.cc(25)] Considering internal-pdf-viewer (Chromium PDF Viewer)
[WARNING:flash/platform/pepper/pep_module.cpp(63)] SANDBOXED
Vector smash protection is enabled.

[nE0sIghT (ne0sight)]

Chrome integration is available here: https://github.com/nE0sIghT/chrome-gnome-shell

[nE0sIghT (ne0sight)]

Ubuntu package is available in ne0sight/chrome-gnome-shell PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ne0sight/chrome-gnome-shell
sudo apt-get install chrome-gnome-shell

[nE0sIghT (ne0sight)]

It's available now in Yakkety's Universe repository through Debian Sid: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chrome-gnome-shell/7.1-1

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

Maybe Ubuntu GNOME should install this by default, but I'm leaning towards not doing it for Ubuntu 16.10 because:
1) The release cycle is nearly over
2) Ubuntu GNOME does not install Chrome/Chromium by default
3) This is just the connector. The extension still currently requires manual installation from the Chrome Web Store.

By the way, I believe GNOME Software 3.22 (which I think there's a reasonable chance we'll get for Ubuntu 17.04) will have integrated install of extensions from extensions.gnome.org.

[nE0sIghT (ne0sight)]

> The extension still currently requires manual installation from the Chrome Web Store

Extension is auto installed through Chrome policies. However Debian package includes broken patch for policies (https://github.com/nE0sIghT/chrome-gnome-shell-mirror/issues/11#issuecomment-250690341).

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Cristian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-gnome-meta into yakkety-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-gnome-meta/0.71.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Hello Cristian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-gnome-meta into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-gnome-meta/0.58.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I verified that installing ubuntu-gnome-desktop 0.58.3 installs chrome-gnome-shell and that ubuntu-gnome-desktop 0.71.1 installs chrome-gnome-shell. I tested on amd64.

[Andy Whitcroft (apw)]

Hello Cristian, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-gnome-meta into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-gnome-meta/0.32.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

I verified that ubuntu-gnome-desktop 0.32.1 on Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 amd64 depends on chrome-gnome-shell and installs it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-gnome-meta - 0.32.1

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ubuntu-gnome-meta (0.32.1) trusty; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added chrome-gnome-shell to desktop (LP: #1323734)
  * Added ubuntu-gnome-wallpapers to desktop-recommends [ppc64el]

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:00:32 -0500

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for ubuntu-gnome-meta has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-gnome-meta - 0.58.3

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ubuntu-gnome-meta (0.58.3) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added chrome-gnome-shell to desktop (LP: #1323734)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:04:24 -0500

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-gnome-meta - 0.71.1

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ubuntu-gnome-meta (0.71.1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Refreshed dependencies
  * Added chrome-gnome-shell to desktop (LP: #1323734)

 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:47:01 -0500