You can turn it off in the plugin manager, but then a user could turn it back on again, so you might want to delete it.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Janneke Qgis [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, 14 September 2011 7:12 p.m. > To: Alister Hood > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] plugin installer with unstable internet connections > > Hi, > How do I disable the plugin installer? Just by removing the folder from > C:\Program Files\Quantum GIS Wroclaw\apps\qgis\python\plugins , or is > there a more subtle way? > thanks all for the insight! > Janneke > > On 14/09/2011 00:47, Alister Hood wrote: > > Hi, > > > >> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:49:43 +0300 > >> From: Janneke Qgis<[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] plugin installer with unstable internet > >> connections > >> To: Tim Sutton<[email protected]> > >> Cc: [email protected] > >> Message-ID:<[email protected]> > >> 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 [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
