[Qgis-user] plugin installer with unstable internet connections

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Janneke Qgis <janneke.qgis at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> We are discovering more and more plugins that could be very useful to our
> work. However, we are working with very unstable internet connections, and
> as far as I can see the Plugin installer only works while having an internet
> connection. Is there a way around this? We would like to be able to download
> plugins once (eg at night when the internet seems better), and then be able
> to install them on different computers.

Yes simply install all the plugins you need on one computer and then copy your

<home>/.qgis/python/plugins/

folder to the other computers. You can selectively copy individual
plugins from within that folder too if you prefer.

Regards

Tim


>
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> Janneke
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