id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version resolution keywords cc must_fix platform platform_version status_info 781 Python plugins installed in user's home directory perrygeo perrygeo "In discussing the idea of a plugin repository plugin (a gui allowing you to search for and install new python plugins), the major hangup is that of permissions. Many users will be running qgis as a non-privledged user and will not have write access to the system plugin directory (ie /usr/share/qgis/python/plugins ) It would be beneficial to, in addition to the system plugin directory, to allow each user their own plugin directory, preferably somewhere like ~/.qgis/python/plugins. I've attached a patch as proof-of-concept. Here's the summary: - ~/.qgis/python/plugins is added to the python sys.path. - the application and plugin manager search both the system and the users plugin directory for the list of available plugins. If someone could take a look at the patch and try it out, it would be greatly appreciated. " enhancement closed minor: annoyance Python plugins and bindings Trunk fixed plugin repository perrygeo@… No Debian 1