Excluding Gnome Extensions Not working/removing

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Hi there, I was looking at this thread and the wiki page.

I am trying to remove all un-needed gnome extensions that I am not using.

I was trying this code:

environment.gnome.excludePackages = (with pkgs; [
      # for packages that are pkgs.*
      gnome-tour
      gnome-connections
      cheese # photo booth
      gedit # text editor
      yelp # help viewer
      file-roller # archive manager
      geary # email reader
      gnome-photos
      gnome-system-monitor
    ]) ++ (with pkgs.gnome; [
      # for packages that are pkgs.gnome.*
      gnome-maps
      gnome-music
      gnome-weather
    ]) ++ (with pkgs.gnomeExtensions; [
      # for packages that are pkgs.gnomeExtensions.*
      applications-menu
      auto-move-windows
      gtk4-desktop-icons-ng-ding
      launch-new-instance
      light-style
      native-window-placement
      next-up
      places-status-indicator
      removable-drive-menu
      screenshot-window-sizer
      window-list
      windownavigator
      workspace-indicator
      hide-top-bar
    ]);

Now some were removed, and others were not. I can still see them in the extensions app itself.

I had:

  • rebuild
  • garbage collected
  • rebooted

Is there another step I need to do? Or some other behaviour I need to account for?

Thank you.

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2

environment.gnome.excludePackages only prevents the installation of packages that gnome.nix installs, which is none of the ones you list. All extensions installed by default are part of a single package:

3

ah, I got it, so I would need to exclude that package and then explicitly install what I need/want.

Thank you!

4

Hi @brnix do you know how to remove the gnome-extensions app from building ? I tried so far this : environment.gnome.excludePackages = (with pkgs; [
epiphany # web browser
cheese # webcam tool
geary # email reader
evince # document viewer
totem # video player
baobab
simple-scan # scanner
yelp
file-roller
seahorse
gnome-extension-manager
gnome-font-viewer
gnome-calendar
gnome-calculator
gnome-user-share
gnome-photos
gnome-tour
gnome-user-docs
gnome-browser-connector
gnome-console
gnome-connections
orca
gnome-online-accounts
snapshot
]) ++ (with pkgs.gnome; [
tali # poker game
iagno # go game
hitori # sudoku game
atomix # puzzle game
gnome-remote-desktop
pkgs.gnome-user-docs
gnome-shell-extensions
gnome-online-miners
gnome-characters
gnome-clocks
gnome-maps
gnome-logs
gnome-weather
gnome-software
gnome-contacts
gnome-music
]);

But it doesn’t remove the “Extensions” app

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That is currently part of gnome.gnome-shell package so it cannot be removed.

If you really want, you could hide the launcher by adapting this snippet for org.gnome.Shell.Extensions.desktop.

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Oh okay thanks you very much !