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rialmat:
Hi guys!
I downloaded the source code from the svn repository. Now I want to install one of the contrib plugins. But it seems there is no way I can install it from the ide, for i can't find any files ending with .cbplugin. I tried to build the source code of the plugin and ended up getting a shared library, which I don't know what to do with.

So can anyone tell me how to install the contrib plugins? My operating system is Opensuse 12.1 x86_64. 

MortenMacFly:

--- Quote from: rialmat on July 03, 2012, 03:25:32 pm ---I downloaded the source code from the svn repository. Now I want to install one of the contrib plugins.

--- End quote ---
Source code != binary! You cannot "install" source code. You have to compile the source code yourself or use a package manager to d/l the binary distributions for your distro.

rialmat:

--- Quote ---Source code != binary! You cannot "install" source code. You have to compile the source code yourself or use a package manager to d/l the binary distributions for your distro.

--- End quote ---
I already said in the original post, "I tried to build the source code of the plugin and ended up getting a shared library, which I don't know what to do with."
What I was asking is how can I "install" the plugin by means of the source code?(And I don't think the word "install" is exclusively associated with "binary ")

MortenMacFly:
Well just copy the shared lib to the other shared libs and the resources to the resource folder. If you fully compile C::B yourself, the update script will take care of that just fine. The cbplugin file "format" is basically:

--- Code: ---zip -j9 Plugin.cbplugin Plugin.dll Plugin.zip
--- End code ---

EDIT:
...while Plugin.zip contains i.e. (but at least the manifest file):

--- Code: ---zip -j9 Plugin.zip manifest.xml resources\Plugin.xrc (...)
--- End code ---

oBFusCATed:
rialmat: Have you read a guide showing how to build c::b from source? If not please search the wiki!

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