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Using Pop Shell on other GNOME Desktops
For Ubuntu-Based Distros
In order to build Pop Shell from source, we'll first need to install the build dependencies and git to clone the repository:
sudo apt install git node-typescript make
Note: these instructions assume an Ubuntu-based distro; other distributions (see examples below) will use different package managers, and may have different package names.
Next we'll clone the repository using this command:
git clone https://github.com/pop-os/shell.git
Now we'll enter the directory for Pop Shell (called "shell") and build the package:
cd shell
make local-install
For Fedora-based distros
Pop Shell is already packaged in the Fedora repostitories:
sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell
For Arch
Pop Shell is packaged in the AUR, but for the keyboard shortcuts to work, you will need to build it from source like we did above.
In order to build Pop Shell from source we'll first need to install the build dependencies and git to clone the repository:
sudo pacman -S git typescript make
Next we'll clone the repository using this command:
git clone https://github.com/pop-os/shell.git
Now we'll enter the directory for Pop Shell (called "shell") and build the package:
cd shell
make local-install
To remap the launcher to Super+Space:
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/pop-shell@system76.com/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.pop-shell activate-launcher "['<Super>space']"
You can remap launcher to just Super_L (Left Super key), but it will eat the Super modifier and prevent other Super combinations from working:
gsettings --schemadir ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/pop-shell@system76.com/schemas set org.gnome.shell.extensions.pop-shell activate-launcher "['Super_L']"
To disable the Super key from opening the GNOME overview:
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter overlay-key ''
For Manjaro
Pop Shell is available in the repository:
sudo pamac install gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell
To learn about Pop Shell's keyboard shortcuts you can view this support article. You can also view Pop Shell's source code here.