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            <h1>How to Install Gnome Extensions</h1>
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	<li>Log into the Linux device</li>
	<li>Execute the following commands in a terminal:
	<div class="codeBlock"># install gnome tweaks utility<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	sudo apt install gnome-tweaks<br />
	# create the extensions directory<br />
	mkdir /.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions -p<br />
	# output the gnome shell version<br />
	gnome-shell --version</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to https://extensions.gnome.org/</li>
	<li>Search for an extension to install and select it</li>
	<li>From the Shell version... dropdown select the closest version to the installed gnome shell version output earlier</li>
	<li>Select the latest version available from the Extension version... dropdown</li>
	<li>Save the extension .zip file </li>
	<li>Open a file manager and navigate to ~/Downloads</li>
	<li>Extract the downloaded extension .zip file</li>
	<li>Browse the extracted folder contents and edit metadata.json in a text editor</li>
	<li>Copy the value of UUID key</li>
	<li>Close the text editor</li>
	<li>Navigate back one directory</li>
	<li>Cut the entire extracted extension directory to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/</li>
	<li>Restart Gnome Shell by logging out and logging back in</li>
	<li>Launch Gnome Tweaks</li>
	<li>Select Extensions from the left navigation menu</li>
	<li>The newly installed extension should be listed</li>
	<li>Enable the extension and enjoy</li>
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