[Qgis-user] Problem with Managing Plugins with qgis 1.8

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Sergio Vignali
<vignalisergio30 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have just installed ubuntu 12.04 and I have a problem with QGis 1.8.
>
> In Managing Plugins I don't find the "Add 3rd party repositories" button and

This was removed as of 1.8 as we would like people to use the
plugins.qgis.org infrastructure.

> if I try to install any plugins I get this message "Scompattazione (unzip)
> del plugin non riuscita. Probabilmente l'archivio è corrotto o non esiste
> nel repository. Controllare i permessi in scrittura della cartella dei
> plugin:
>
> /home/sergio/.qgis//python/plugins"

try to edit ~/.config/QuantumGIS/QGIS.conf

And set your plugin repos entry to something like this (make a backup
first if needed):

plugin-repos\QGIS%20Official%20Repository\url=http://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/plugins.xml

Regards


Tim

>
> I have also ubuntu 11.10 and after the update to version 1.8 of qgis I don't
> find the  "Add 3rd party repositories" button but I can install any plugins.
>
> Is there somebody who can help me?
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Sergio Vignali
>
>
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