I tried the steps three times. The installation worked fine each time. Vasanth
On Jun 18, 12:53 pm, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > I've seen this too, and it was inconsistent. To me, it looked like > maybe it was related to the problems Rafafel has been investigating. > > Vasanth, try this: > > 1. Restart Chrome > 2. Navigate to any webpage (egwww.google.com) > 3. Drag the crx onto the page > > It's important in step 2 that the current page not be one of Chrome's > built-in pages like the new tab page or history page. > > - a > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Vasanth Dharmaraj<[email protected]> wrote: > > > I tried deleting and installing a few extensions. Looks like now I do > > not get the error all the time. But I did manage to get it a 2 out of > > 10 times. Here is the error: > > > --------------------------- > > Extension error > > --------------------------- > > Could not install extension from 'C:\Documents and Settings\dharmav\My > > Documents\Downloads\gmail.crx'. Could not open file. > > --------------------------- > > OK > > --------------------------- > > > Vasanth > > > On Jun 18, 12:19 pm, Erik Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > >> (+chromium-extensions - discussions like this should really start happening > >> there) > >> It works for me on XP as well. Spaces in the filename aren't a problem. > >> Could you please tell me what the error is that you're seeing? > > >> Erik > > >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Vasanth Dharmaraj > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> > Yes Daniele, you are right. It seems to be a problem with XP. Just > >> > tried it on Windows 7. Installation works fine. > > >> > Regards, > >> > Vasanth > >> >http://www.vasanth.in > > >> > On Jun 18, 11:53 am, "Daniele S." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > I had the same problem of Vasanth, my opinion is that the problem > >> > > appears on Windows XP but does not on Windows Vista. > > >> > > Maybe the whitespaces on "Documents and Settings" ( where on Vista is > >> > > just Users ) are the problem. > > >> > > Daniele > > >> > > On 18 Giu, 17:30, Erik Kay <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > Hi Vasanth, > >> > > > I don't have the installation problem you describe (I was able to > >> > install > >> > > > your page rank extension directly). What do you see when you try to > >> > > > install? > > >> > > > Erik > > >> > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Vasanth Dharmaraj > >> > > > <[email protected] > >> > >wrote: > > >> > > > > Thanks for the update. I just repackaged my extensions: > >> > > > >http://www.vasanth.in/2009/06/18/repackaged-my-chrome-extensions/ > > >> > > > > Installation of extensions is still broken in build 3.0.189.0 > >> > > > > though. > >> > > > > Currently one has to download the extension to a local folder and > >> > > > > double click to install it. > > >> > > > > Regards, > >> > > > > Vasanth > >> > > > >http://www.vasanth.in > > >> > > > > On Jun 17, 8:56 pm, Nick Baum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > > > Hi all, > > >> > > > > > **We're excited to see many people are experimenting with the > >> > upcoming > >> > > > > > extension features of Chrome in the dev channel. We're getting a > >> > lot of > >> > > > > > great feedback and are working hard to bring extensions to the > >> > stable > >> > > > > > channel as quickly as possible. > > >> > > > > > As part of the latest dev channel release, we've had to make a > >> > breaking > >> > > > > > change to the crx format. This change adds signatures to our > >> > package > >> > > > > format, > >> > > > > > which are necessary to enable automatic updates. Unfortunately, > >> > this > >> > > > > means > >> > > > > > that any existing extensions will stop working, and will have to > >> > > > > > be > >> > > > > > repackaged. > > >> > > > > > - *If you've developed an extension,* you can learn how to > >> > repackage > >> > > > > your > >> > > > > > extensions for Chrome v 3.0.189.0 in *the packaging > >> > > > > > doc< > > >> >http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/packaging> > >> > > > > > * on our developer site. Note that your extension ID will now > >> > > > > > be > >> > your > >> > > > > > public key, so you'll have to change any code that uses that. > >> > > > > > - *If you're using an extension someone else has developed, > >> > > > > > *you > >> > will > >> > > > > > have to reinstall it once the developer has repackaged it (as > >> > > > > described > >> > > > > > above). We've already updated our sample > >> > > > > > extensions< > > >> >http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/extensions/samples> > >> > > > > > . > > >> > > > > > Even though the whole point of the dev channel is to make our > >> > > > > > APIs > >> > > > > available > >> > > > > > early while they're still changing, we don't make these changes > >> > lightly. > >> > > > > > Once we push the extension system to the stable channel, breaking > >> > changes > >> > > > > > should be very rare (we'd like to say non-existent, but we don't > >> > want to > >> > > > > > jinx ourselves). > > >> > > > > > Let us know if you have any questions or run into any problems. > >> > > > > > Cheers, > > >> > > > > > -Nick > > >> > > > > > PS: I'll be cc'ing chromium-dev and discuss for a few days, until > >> > people > >> > > > > > have had the time to subscribe to > >> > > > > > chromium-extensions< > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions>. > >> > > > > > We also posted this to the chromium blog > >> > > > > > <http://blog.chromium.org > >> > >, > >> > > > > which I > >> > > > > > recommend subscribing to if you haven't already. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
