How to Install a Development version of the DuckieTV Chrome Browser Extension SOURCE - SchizoDuckie/DuckieTV GitHub Wiki
Notice
Starting with Chromium 124 the support for Web SQL has been removed.
Web SQL is the database that Dtv uses to store its data.
The rest of this document is obsolete.
Pre requisites:
- DuckieTV GitHub source Development version. Get the latest version at the official download site here
Note: Chrome Browsers on Windows XP and Windows Vista are not supported.
Extracting the archive
- Extract the DuckieTV-angular.zip archive to your favourite development directory/folder.
Manifest setup
Choose to
Set up for DuckieTV in TAB mode
TAB mode allows you to launch DuckieTV by clicking on a new Chrome Browser TAB
- TAB mode is the default configuration, no additional set up is required.
OR to
Set up for DuckieTV in Button mode
Button mode allows you to launch DuckieTV by clicking on the DuckieTV Icon placed near the right side of the Chrome Browser Address bar.
- Find and rename the file called manifest.json to manifest-tab.json.
- Find and rename the file called manifest-app.json to manifest.json.
Now we can
Load the Browser Extension
- Start by clicking on the Chrome Browser Customize menu button (also know as the Hamburger button)
- And scroll down the list to More Tools and select the Extensions menu entry
- now click on the Developer Mode check box
- next we click on the Load Unpacked Extension button
- and find where you saved the unpacked archive and click on the OK button
Now you can
Start up DEV
- Click on your new TAB, or Button to launch it. You are now running the DEV version!!
Additional Notes
(i) To Import your backup to populate the new DEV Database
- at the You have not Series Yet! page click on the You can Also Import a Backup button
- and then click on the Choose a Backup to Load button
- Select your backup and click on the Open button
- and wait until the import is complete.
(ii) DEV does not Auto-Update its code, so if you want to continue using the latest DEV version you will need to periodically fetch it again here.
After unpacking the archive to the same folder as before, you need to let Chrome know of the changes by
Refreshing the Browser Extension
- from your Chrome Browser, access the Extensions page and find the existing DEV extension
- and click on the Reload link to update the Browser.
