bug: chromium.extensions don't work for brave or ungoogled-chromium

[yisraeldov]

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Issue description

See #1383

programs.chromium.extensions does not work when programs.chromium.package = brave | ungoogled-chromium

For brave first of all it doesn't install in the correct directory. It installs in .config/brave/ but brave's configs are stored in .config/BraveSoftware/Brave-Browser/, I tried manually moving the files but that doesn't work.

For ungoogled-chromium I just don't see that the extensions are being installed, I assume it should work the same as in chromium

chromium works as expected.

Maintainer CC

@colinxs @berbiche

System information

- system: `"x86_64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 5.13.4, NixOS, 21.05.1669.973910f5c31 (Okapi)`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.3.14`
 - channels(root): `"home-manager-21.05, nixos-21.05.1669.973910f5c31, nixos-unstable-21.11pre304061.dd14e5d78e9"`
 - channels(yisraeldov): `"nixos-21.05.1669.973910f5c31"`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos`

[ilkecan]

Has this ever worked for ungoogled-chromium? I think it doesn't work because "Chrome Webstore interface" is disabled[1] on the ungoogled version. I also cannot install extensions manually from the chrome web store.

Probably not optimal, but I was able to install the extensions by first downloading them and then loading them locally, which only works for Linux:

extensions =
  let
    createChromiumExtensionFor = browserVersion: { id, sha256, version }:
      {
        inherit id;
        crxPath = builtins.fetchurl {
          url = "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&acceptformat=crx2,crx3&prodversion=${browserVersion}&x=id%3D${id}%26installsource%3Dondemand%26uc";
          name = "${id}.crx";
          inherit sha256;
        };
        inherit version;
      };
    createChromiumExtension = createChromiumExtensionFor (lib.versions.major package.version);
  in
  [
    (createChromiumExtension {
      # ublock origin
      id = "cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm";
      sha256 = "sha256-u81DNkZw/LBVyjk5nmrrJEVjdc+GFCay+rQZGpDH3jA=";
      version = "1.37.2";
    })
    (createChromiumExtension {
      # dark reader
      id = "eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh";
      sha256 = "sha256-JcM2Ki3cTWdskFEFs2jk6LQUTFOojkBf+6HqO1GPK90=";
      version = "4.9.34";
    })
  ];

[1] https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-wiki/faq#can-i-install-extensions-or-themes-from-the-chrome-webstore

[nixos-discourse]

This issue has been mentioned on NixOS Discourse. There might be relevant details there:

https://discourse.nixos.org/t/home-manager-ungoogled-chromium-with-extensions/15214/2

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Not stale, still relevant. Workaround above works, but requires manual updates.

[HeitorAugustoLN]

programs.brave.extensions work for me

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[DanConwayDev]

@ilkecan does this still work for you? For me the extensions download but do not appear in chromium.

Probably not optimal, but I was able to install the extensions by first downloading them and then loading them locally, which only works for Linux:

extensions =
  let
    createChromiumExtensionFor = browserVersion: { id, sha256, version }:
      {
        inherit id;
        crxPath = builtins.fetchurl {
          url = "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&acceptformat=crx2,crx3&prodversion=${browserVersion}&x=id%3D${id}%26installsource%3Dondemand%26uc";
          name = "${id}.crx";
          inherit sha256;
        };
        inherit version;
      };
    createChromiumExtension = createChromiumExtensionFor (lib.versions.major package.version);
  in
  [
    (createChromiumExtension {
      # ublock origin
      id = "cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm";
      sha256 = "sha256-u81DNkZw/LBVyjk5nmrrJEVjdc+GFCay+rQZGpDH3jA=";
      version = "1.37.2";
    })
    (createChromiumExtension {
      # dark reader
      id = "eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh";
      sha256 = "sha256-JcM2Ki3cTWdskFEFs2jk6LQUTFOojkBf+6HqO1GPK90=";
      version = "4.9.34";
    })
  ];

[1] https://ungoogled-software.github.io/ungoogled-chromium-wiki/faq#can-i-install-extensions-or-themes-from-the-chrome-webstore

here is my setup:

{ ...}: 
{
  home-manager.users.myname = { config, pkgs, lib, ... }:
  {
    programs.chromium = {
      enable = true;
      package = pkgs.ungoogled-chromium;
      extensions = 
        let
          createChromiumExtensionFor = browserVersion: { id, sha256, version }:
            {
              inherit id;
              crxPath = builtins.fetchurl {
                url = "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&acceptformat=crx2,crx3&prodversion=${browserVersion}&x=id%3D${id}%26installsource%3Dondemand%26uc";
                name = "${id}.crx";
                inherit sha256;
              };
              inherit version;
            };
          createChromiumExtension = createChromiumExtensionFor (lib.versions.major pkgs.ungoogled-chromium.version);
        in [
          (createChromiumExtension {
            # ublock origin
            id = "cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm";
            sha256 = "sha256:0ycnkna72n969crgxfy2lc1qbndjqrj46b9gr5l9b7pgfxi5q0ll";
            version = "4.7.0";
          })
        ];
      };

[arifer612]

I can verify that @ilkecan's workaround still works.

The issue with your setup is that the value for version is incorrect. The current version on the web store is 1.62.0. Your sha256sum is correct for that version, so I presume that you ran nix-prefetch-url on it. To fix the issue, all you need to do is to edit that single line, i.e.,

(createChromiumExtension {
  # ublock origin
  id = "cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm";
  sha256 = "sha256:0ycnkna72n969crgxfy2lc1qbndjqrj46b9gr5l9b7pgfxi5q0ll";
  version = "4.7.0";
})

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[cole-glotfelty]

Not stale. It seems that the version difference between Brave and Chromium/Ungoogled Chromium can cause issues when you download the crx files to calculate the hash.

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[Lodifice]

I can confirm that it actually works for Brave if you replace programs.chromium by programs.brave. I.e. both programs.brave.enable=true and programs.brave.extensions = [...]. Of course it doesn't help that there isn't any documentation about this.

No idea about ungoogled-chromium though.