Installation fails on POP_OS

[h-n-a]

Describe the bug

Disclaimer: I'm not a linux expert and just recently started to move my workflow from windows to linux and discovered these gnome extensions. so please be gentle if you are going to flame me.

-FYI, the instructions link that points to the page that has steps to collect the logs, is reaching a 404 github page.

OS: Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Gnome version: 42.9
Windowing System: X11
Shell: bash 5.1.16
Kernel: 6.12.10-76061203-generic

-When i tried to install this extension from gnome repo, it won't work due to either an issue with POP_OS or the Brave Browser not able to determine how to do an xdg-open

-So i've decided to download the files directly from the repo.

SyntaxError: import declarations may only appear at top level of a module

Stack trace:
  _init@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionPrefsDialog.js:23:33
  ExtensionPrefsDialog@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionPrefsDialog.js:10:4
  OpenExtensionPrefsAsync/<@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionsService.js:129:33
  asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:115:22
  run@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/dbusService.js:186:20
  main@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/main.js:22:13
  run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19
  start@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:190:8
  @/usr/share/gnome-shell/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions:1:17

Steps to reproduce

Use the latest POP_OS.
Download the .zip file.
Install it from terminal.

Expected behavior

To get the extension to work.

GSConnect version

Latest one

Installed from

GitHub releases (zip file)

GNOME Shell version

42.9

Linux distribution/release

Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS

Paired device(s)

No response

KDE Connect app version

1.33.4

Plugin(s)

No response

Support log

SyntaxError: import declarations may only appear at top level of a module

Stack trace:
  _init@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionPrefsDialog.js:23:33
  ExtensionPrefsDialog@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionPrefsDialog.js:10:4
  OpenExtensionPrefsAsync/<@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/extensionsService.js:129:33
  asyncCallback@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/core/overrides/Gio.js:115:22
  run@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/dbusService.js:186:20
  main@resource:///org/gnome/Shell/Extensions/js/main.js:22:13
  run@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:206:19
  start@resource:///org/gnome/gjs/modules/script/package.js:190:8
  @/usr/share/gnome-shell/org.gnome.Shell.Extensions:1:17

Screenshots

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Notes

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[h-n-a]

Found a workaround:

Installed the extension manager and now when i install it from there it works. (im not sure if its the same author as this one).
Just bizarre and weird that it didn't work from the cli.
I would have loved to know how to manually install it since im new to linux.

[daniellandau]

You don't want the latest one, you want the latest that is compatible with your version of gnome shell, which is 42. Latest GSConnect at the moment is compatible with shells 46-48