Having the plugin installer install plugins into C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS Wroclaw\apps\qgis\python\plugins would require you to run QGIS as administrator on anything > Windows Vista.
IMO plugins are user data and should go into the user home directory. I would store the plugins on a shared directory and point everyones install at that, disabling the installer is also a good idea. - Nathan On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Alister Hood <alister.h...@synergine.com>wrote: > Hi, > > > Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:49:43 +0300 > > From: Janneke Qgis <janneke.q...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] plugin installer with unstable internet > > connections > > To: Tim Sutton <li...@linfiniti.com> > > Cc: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > > Message-ID: <4e6f5f77.6070...@gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > Thanks for the quick answer, both Tim and Anita, > > > > Started copying the plugins from the following folder: > > C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\.qgis\python\plugins > > > > but got confused as I also found the following two folders: > > > > C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS Wroclaw\apps\qgis\plugins > > C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS Wroclaw\apps\qgis\python\plugins > > > > Does anything from these folders also need to be copied? > > > > Janneke > > Built-in Python plugins are installed in e.g. "C:\Program Files\Quantum > GIS Wroclaw\apps\qgis\python\plugins" > > C++ plugins are installed in e.g. "C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS > Wroclaw\apps\qgis\plugins" > > The plugin installer only installs Python plugins, and puts them in the > user's home directory, e.g. > "C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\.qgis\python\plugins" > > If you are installing Python plugins manually, it would make more sense > to put them in "C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS > Wroclaw\apps\qgis\python\plugins", instead of having to copy them into > every user's home directory. In this case you'd probably want to > disable the plugin installer, because if at some stage a user updates > one themselves, and doesn't keep it up to date, they could end up with > an old plugin version in their home directory masking a newer one in the > program directory. > It would actually be nice if the plugin installer could put plugins in > the program installation folder ("C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS > Wroclaw\apps\qgis\python\plugins"). I think the only way to achieve > this is with the --config-path option, but that way everyone also shares > the same settings. > > Alister > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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