Hi, I am an Ubuntu noob with almost no computer science training. I tried the recommended method for installing the Gnome extension manager on Ubuntu. The third step in the protocol produced the following response in the terminal: Laptop-13-Intel-Core-Ultra-Series-1:~$ ^[[200~flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo~
flatpak: command not found
I found a workaround by using the URL https://dl.flathub.org/repo and downloading and installing from the Firefox browser. This did install the extensions manager. I am using Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS. I hope that this can be helpful to someone.
Hi @iansubuntu1,
I’m not sure where your “recommended method” came from. A link to whatever instructions you might be referring to would really help.
Also please be aware that your terminal output was both mangled and truncated, so it may be less helpful than it might otherwise.
It’s unclear if you want to use Flatpaks generally (since you don’t have the flatpak command installed), or if you merely want the Gnome Extension Manager and were misled somewhere that Flatpak is the only/best route to install it.
A stock Ubuntu system does not include the software to manage Flatpaks (the flatpak command), and it is super-easy to install that command if you generally wish to use Flatpaks. We generally recommend using that proper tool instead of downloading via a web browser.
The Gnome Extension Manager in Ubuntu does not require any Flatpaks, though you can add that extra layer if you wish. Most folks use the stock tools that come with your Ubuntu system:
apt…
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-manager
…or AppCenter…
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Great to have support of experts! Thanks. The instructions that I was following for Flathub installation are at this link: https://flathub.org/en/setup/Ubuntu. Those instructions didn’t work for me as described.
Your output seems clear that you didn’t successfully complete Step #1 of those instructions.
That’s why your Step #2 failed.
Again, if all you wanted is Gnome Extension Manager, an easier way is already built into Ubuntu. Installing flatpak is optional.
All Flatpak operations will fail if your Step #1 doesn’t work. Installing the flatpak command is essential to any Flatpak use.
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