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Raúl Martín
Raúl Martín

Reputation: 4689

install chrome extension outside the chrome extension market

As I know you can install an extension outside the market without expected limitations, for example, autoupdate. You need to be in develop mode.

You can read this thread to understand the problem: Install chrome extension as external extensions

The think is, anyone know another way to install an extension in your chrome (internal use in a company o class). I like to think that I can sign the extension with a shared certificate or something like that. And send the extension to the users.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 403

Answers (1)

Xan
Xan

Reputation: 77571

Google no longer allows it.

Protecting Chrome users from malicious extensions
Continuing to protect Chrome users from malicious extensions

There are 4 types of extension install still available:

  • Direct installation from Webstore or inline install from a website, but hosted on Web Store.
  • Indirect installation through registry manipulation (e.g. companion extension for a native app), but it still must be hosted in the Webstore.
  • Local development installs; will nag on every Chrome restart and no autoupdate mechanism.
  • For Enterprise only, policy-based installs. Note that on Windows that requires computers joined to a domain. In this case there are no restrictions on where the extension is hosted.

Upvotes: 4

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