Not working if installed at system-level (instead of user level)

[D3vil0p3r]

When this extension is installed at system level for all users, the "Settings" button does not work and returns the following error message:

It occurs because in files pref/pages.js and shared/media.js, the MEDIA_CACHE variable only refers to the current user by:

pages.js

const MEDIA_CACHE = GLib.get_user_cache_dir()+'/aylur/media';

media.js

const CACHE_PATH = GLib.get_user_cache_dir()+'/aylur';
const MEDIA_CACHE = CACHE_PATH+'/media/';

So, if the extension is installed at system-level (so for all users in the system), the GLib.get_user_cache_dir() is not a good choice because it will return the current user cache directory.

When the extension is installed at system level, the media path should be stored to /usr/share/gnome-shell/extensions/widgets@aylur/media.

Could you please add an if statement for defining CACHE_PATH and MEDIA_CACHE in order to manage also system-level installation of this extension?

[Aylur]

You didn't install it correctly.
The cache path shouldn't point to /usr/share because the extension doesn't have permission to write there.

I don't know how it works, but the gresource that contains the schema has to be compiled into somewhere at /usr/share/gnome-shell if you want to install it systemwide.

[D3vil0p3r]

You didn't install it correctly. The cache path shouldn't point to /usr/share because the extension doesn't have permission to write there.

I don't know how it works, but the gresource that contains the schema has to be compiled into somewhere at /usr/share/gnome-shell if you want to install it systemwide.

Do you know how to compile gresource?

[Aylur]

I am not sure, look at some aur pkgbuild for references.
You probably need to use glib-compile-schemas with the widgets@aylur/schemas/gschema.xml file

[Aylur]

I will also look into it and provide a makefile or meson to build it.

[D3vil0p3r]

I will also look into it and provide a makefile or meson to build it.

Very kind. Thank you.