Installation

There are 3 ways of installing a Chrome extension.

From the Chrome Web Store

This is the easiest way to do it. Just head over the extension page and click the Add to Chrome button. You only have access to the latest version though.

From a .crx file (Linux, OSX and ChromeOS only)

Due to security issues (nasty toolbars, spam, malwares...) the Chrome team has decided to remove support for this type of installation on Windows. read more

A .crx file is a file that contains the packaged extension.

1. Download the .crx file from the release you want
2. Go to chrome://extensions
3. Drag and drop the file

From source code

This may be the most intimidating if you've never touched code before, however this is not very complicated.

1. Download the .zip or .tar.gz file from the release you want
2. Extract the archive
3. [Only v2.0.0 and above] you need to have bower installed. See how
4. In your terminal cd into the newly extracted folder and type bower install. Bower will install the required dependencies.
5. Once it's done. Go to the created bower_components/chrome-platform-analytics folder and delete the src directory (which causes errors on install)
6. Now in your browser, go to chrome://extensions
7. Tick the checkbox Developer mode in the top right corner
8. Click the button Load unpacked extension...
9. Select the root cardboard folder. It must contain a file called manifest.json. If not, it's probably a child folder. ie: you must choose the folder that directly contains the manifest.json