After installing Endless OS 5.1.0 on a dell and an HP laptop I installed the HACK application but when I run the application I get the following errors:
“The Hack GNOME shell extension is not installed”
Can’t Install “eos-hack@endlessos.org”:
This is an extension enabled by your current mode. You cannot install manually any update in that session.
How do I change modes so I can install the HACK GNOME shell, or resolve my issue in general?
Hi @Levi.
Yes, Hack was removed in Endless OS 5.1 . See the Hack section in the release notes: https://support.endlessos.org/en/endless-os/release-notes/5-1
In its place, Endless OS now includes a curated selection of the best tools for creating your own games, such as GDevelop, Pixelorama, Godot and (in Spanish versions) Pilas Engine.
Good question, and thanks for pointing out this failure.
We were expecting this to work - the clubhouse tries to install the relevant Hack extension automatically, but as you have pointed out, this is failing.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3690/hack/ is the extension that needs to get installed.
Sadly I think the browser plugin suggested by that site (which requires a host connector) isn’t going to work easily due to complications with Flatpak.
But from https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3690/hack/ you can select the 3.38 shell version, extension version 11, and that will give you a download named eos-hackendlessos.org.v11.shell-extension.zip.
Extract this into ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/eos-hack@endlessos.org
then logout, login again,
and I think Hack might work from that point onwards.
@Daniel I tried to extract to the folder but I got an error stating the destination folder is read only.
I am logged in with what should be the admin account but it says I am not the “owner” so I cannot make any changes to the destination folder.
Any advice?
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