Load JQuery into a Chrome extension?

Question

I'm attempting to load JQuery into my Chrome extension and make it equal to an object but I'm wondering how would I go about this? basically I'd like something like...

jQuery = loadLibraries("jquery-1.4.2.min.js");

How would I do this?

edit: I'm injecting into content script.

Answer 1

You can just put jquery.js into extension folder and include it in the manifest:

{
  "name": "My extension",
  ...
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": ["http://www.google.com/*"],
      "css": ["mystyles.css"],
      "js": ["jquery.js", "myscript.js"]
    }
  ],
  ...
}

You don't need to worry about conflicts with jQuery on a parent page as content scripts are sandboxed.