Ubuntu
gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package

  1. Bug #1883174
  2. Comment #22

Comment 22 for bug 1883174

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jhubuntu20 (jhubuntu20) wrote : Re: Some desktop icons disappear

I rebooted multiple times and no luck.

Here are the steps I followed :

- Used sudo apt remove gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons to uninstall

- Deleted the folder $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/desktop-icons@csoriano

- Rebooted and verified it is gone all together from tweaks

- Downloaded the .zip patch file and placed in a local directory

- Rerean the Meson/Ninja commands and verified that the .local folder was recreated (I did not get any errors)

- Rebooted again.

At this point I still do not have desktop icons as a choice at all in Tweaks -> extensions. If I go to the website (https://extensions.gnome.org/) then it is not listed in the installed extensions list. If I search for it and try to turn it on with the web page I get a message that says "Can't install "desktop-icons@csoriano" : This is an extension enabled by your current mode, you can't install manually any update in that session"

So basically I am stuck with no option to turn it back on. I suspect I can just run sudo apt install and readd that way, but it will be the same /usr install. Am I missing something?