Installing Chrome extensions offline

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Installing Chrome extensions offline

1. Download crx

   https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&prodversion=49.0&x=id%3D<🔥replace   me with extension ID🔥>%26installsource%3Dondemand%26uc`
   

   fill in extension ID:

   https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/postman/fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop

   ID: fhbjgbiflinjbdggehcddcbncdddomop

2. Try to install by dragging and dropping into Chrome at chrome://extensions

Editing extension for offline use

If the install fails with This can only be added from the Chrome Web Store, you need to edit the extension

1. Rename myextension.crx to myextension.zip and unzip

   mv myextension.crx myextension.zip
   unzip myextension.zip
   

2. Remove _metadata directory

   cd myextension
   rm -r _metadata
   

3. Make sure permissions are set to r+x? for all files

   chmod -R 775 .
   

4. Re-zip files

   zip -r output.zip input_dir
   

5. Rename rezipped .zip to .crx

   mv output.zip output.crx
   

6. Add password if needed

   zip -e output input
   zip -e edited_extension.zip postman_5_1_3_stripped.crx
   

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23008493/manually-add-extension-to-chrome