How do I manually install extensions on Chrome for OS X?

Question

i have create a chrome extension and i want to add it manually to chrome on mac osx (10.7 and 10.8)

i tried to do the following steps

1. add the extension

Answer 1

Currently, it is not possible to install extension via crx that's not hosted on chrome store in windows and mac machines. From the documentation, https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv2/external_extensions/ -

Warning Windows and Mac installs must come from Chrome Web Store: As of Chrome 33, no external installs are allowed from a path to a local .crx on Windows (see Protecting Windows users from malicious extensions). As of Chrome 44, no external installs are allowed from a path to a local .crx on Mac (see Continuing to protect Chrome users from malicious extensions).

Answer 2

Can you try this path

For a specific user: ~USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions/

For all users: /Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/External Extensions/

If you do not see external extensions installed when Chrome is launched, there may be a permissions problem with the external extensions preferences files.

References

a) Mac Troubleshooting .

b) Deployment Options

Let me know if you need more information.