Install QGIS Plugins Offline – Step-by-Step Instructions

installationofflineqgisqgis-plugins

"Due to various IT policies at my workplace, QGIS is installed on a machine (Window 7, 64bits and QGIS 2.6) that is not connected to the internet. I wish to install a couple of QGIS plugins on this system.

I have downloaded the required plugins and save them on usb key. How do I install them in QGIS?"

i 've already tried :
-Unzip in folder \qgis\python\plugin
=>says in plugin manager "plugins broken" displayed in red

As i'm a new user, I'll be very glad to read a step by step how to do that.
I am seeking to get archeoCAD,numericalDigitize and numericalVertexEdit working.

Best Answer

There are two places where python plugins can be found:

  1. in the applications path (C:\OSGEO4W\apps\qgis\python\plugins or C:\Programs\QGIS Brighton\apps\qgis\python\plugins)
  2. In you user directory C:\users\username\.qgis2\python\plugins

The first place is only for core plugins like fTools and GdalTools, while the contributed go into the second one. The folder .qgis2 might be hidden by the operating system. Make sure you preserve the folder order. The plugin has to be in a folder with its name, and in that folder there has to be an __init__.py and metadata.txt files. It might be that your zip programme creates another subfolder, which can not be used by the plugin manager.

Related Question