[Qgis-user] Missing plugins in version 3.20

[Charles Dixon-Paver]

It may well be the issue, although not one I was aware of. I am unsure if
the volunteers and developer handling packing and distribution have the
resources to test Windows 7. I have copied the developer list so hopefully
someone else can provide insight.


On Wed, 07 Jul 2021, 00:27 Pat Brown, <mistyhaven at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have always used the standalone installer. I see that there is a note
> saying that WIN 7 no longer works but as this is mentioned under the
> OSGeo4W installer I thought it only applied to that. Am I wrong in this
> assumption? I am still using WIN 7 and all version 3.x have worked fine so
> far. Do think that WIN 7 could be my problem?
>
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021, 23:58 Charles Dixon-Paver <charles at kartoza.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It seems that QGIS 3.20 is unable to access python correctly. It is
>> possible that this is an ENV/ Path error that may be resolved by launching
>> QGIS from a relevant batch file, such as C:\OSGeo4W\bin\qgis.bat (or
>> similar depending on your installation configuration)
>>
>> Are you using the "new" OSGeo4W installer? If not and you attempted to
>> upgrade from the old installer it could be causing the issue.
>>
>> There was an update to OSGeo4W for the latest release that is not really
>> backwards compatible. The current recommendation is to uninstall QGIS/
>> remove the historic OSGeo4W installation directory (or rename it), download
>> the latest installer from QGIS.org [1] and install a new instance of QGIS
>> from there.
>>
>> If you are using the LTR (stable release), then using the existing
>> installer to upgrade should be fine, but you likely won't be able to use
>> 3.20 correctly. There is more information on the downloads page related to
>> this.
>>
>> [1] https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 at 23:17, Pat Brown <mistyhaven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Charles,
>>>    Tried with a new user profile and I get the same result. The attached
>>> pics show what is displayed at each tab of the plugin manager
>>>
>>> On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 at 22:55, Charles Dixon-Paver <charles at kartoza.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried to access the plugins with a fresh user profile?
>>>>
>>>> Also, the plugins manager has a settings tab. Can you give some more
>>>> information on the current configuration settings, such as the configured
>>>> plugin repository URL?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 at 22:49, Pat Brown <mistyhaven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>     I asked this a few days ago and I am wondering if perhaps no-one
>>>>> else has come across this problem.
>>>>> "I have installed the above version but it only shows 4 plug-ins.
>>>>> Whether I click on ALL or INSTALLED it still only shows 4. If I go back to
>>>>> 3.18 it works fine. Can anybody suggest a possible solution?"
>>>>> I uninstalled all versions on my PC and reinstalled 3.20 but still
>>>>> have the same problem. I then uninstalled 3.20 and reinstalled 3.18 and the
>>>>> plugins work fine.
>>>>> Is there maybe a way to contact the developers to see if I can find a
>>>>> cause of my problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Pat
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