[Qgis-user] Move python plugin to a network directory

[Martin Dobias]

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM, HAUBOURG
<regis.haubourg at eau-adour-garonne.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi list,
> I am looking after a simple method to deploy some custom python plugins on several servers inside our company network.
>
> As I understand it, today we have 3 solutions:
>  1- copy the plugins in C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS Wroclaw\apps\qgis\python\plugins of each server. We need to disturb our admin sys for this.
>  2-  copy the plugins in each personnal user directory of these server: I prefer the first method... and my admin sys too
>  3- create a repository and let the users install and update plugins themselves.. They won't do the job I'm afraid.
>
> Ideally, we would like to put the plugins on a single shared network directory. Is there a way to have qgis look in it? No symbolic link on windows xp as far as I know.

You can set QGIS_PLUGINPATH environment variable with a list of extra
paths where to look for plugins. If specifying more one path then
split them using semicolon on windows (colon on linux).

Martin