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1 | Plugins |
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4 | To understand more about plugins, read doc/plugin.txt |
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6 | For the impatient, here is an extremely brief overview of how to |
7 | install plugins. |
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9 | 1. Change to the plugins directory. |
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11 | $ cd plugins/ |
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13 | 2. Unarchive the plugin. |
14 | |
15 | $ tar -zxvf /home/me/myplugin.tar.gz |
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17 | 3. Note the directory that the plugin was created into. For this |
18 | example, we will assume it was put in the directory: myplugin/. |
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20 | 4. Read the README, INSTALL or other documentation in your new plugin. |
21 | Follow any important configuration instructions inside (about half |
22 | the time there are none, sometimes they are extensive). |
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24 | $ cd myplugin/ |
25 | $ more README |
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27 | 5. Go to the config directory and run conf.pl |
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29 | $ cd ../../config/ |
30 | $ ./conf.pl |
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32 | 6. Choose option 8 and proceed to add the new plugin following |
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33 | the instructions there. Save and exit, and your plugin should |
34 | be in place. |