[Koha] Can´t install plugins - no upload button - SOLVED

[Alvaro Cornejo]

Hi David

the koha-conf.xml has a "new"  entry to restrict plugins:

<plugins_restricted>0</plugins_restricted>

I changed the original 1 for a 0 and it works now.

Thanks for your time and help.

Regards,

Alvaro

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Le ven. 13 sept. 2024 à 17:22, David Nind <david at davidnind.com> a écrit :

> The only other things I can think of:
> 1. Check the permissions and ownership for the directory where the plugins
> are uploaded (location set in koha-conf.xml - <pluginsdir>).
> 2. Check permissions for patron you are using (Koha plugins (plugins); if
> the patron you are using is a superlibrarian it should be fine).
>
> Plugins are still a thing, and are working OK for me on main.
>
> Otherwise, I don't have any other suggestions - hopefully others will.
>
> David
>
> On Sat, 14 Sept 2024 at 10:07, Alvaro Cornejo <cornejo.alvaro at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> Thanks for your quick response.
>>
>> Yes, I had enabled plugins in koha-conf.xml. Set it to 1.
>>
>> plugin tables are there. I only delete its content.
>>
>> I've rebooted the machine after mods but still no plugin install button.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Alvaro
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>  Stay safe / Cuídate/  Reste sécurisé
>> *7* Switch off as you go / Apaga lo que no usas /  Débranchez au fur et
>> à mesure.
>>  *q *Recycle always / Recicla siempre / Recyclez toujours
>>  P Print only if absolutely necessary / Imprime solo si es necesario /
>> Imprimez seulement si nécessaire
>>
>>
>> Le ven. 13 sept. 2024 à 16:54, David Nind <david at davidnind.com> a écrit :
>>
>>> Hi Alvaro.
>>>
>>> There is a setting in your instance's koha-conf.xml where you need to
>>> enable plugins (/etc/koha/sites/<yourinstancename>/koha-conf.xml):
>>>
>>> <enable_plugins>1</enable_plugins>
>>>
>>> 1 = enabled, 0 = not enabled
>>>
>>> Any change to this setting requires restarting all the services.
>>>
>>> I don't think you should have deleted the tables, so you may need to
>>> either recreate them or redo the setup of the instance. Otherwise, you will
>>> have problems once allowing plugins is enabled (and you have no tables).
>>>
>>> Koha is specifically set up this way from a security perspective, as
>>> plugins can come from anywhere and could do damage to your system -
>>> enabling the upload and installing of plugins needs to be specifically
>>> allowed.
>>>
>>> David Nind
>>> New Zealand
>>>
>>> On Sat, 14 Sept 2024 at 09:40, Alvaro Cornejo <cornejo.alvaro at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> I´m installing a new 24.05 Koha version onto Ubuntu 24.4 and have
>>>> uploaded
>>>> a db from my old Koha 19.11
>>>>
>>>> When going to the plugin page, I got a table with errors saying plugin
>>>> unavailable. This is correct since plugins were not installed on the new
>>>> 24.05. There are no buttons for uploading the plugins, only the one for
>>>> filtering by class.
>>>>
>>>> I´ve deleted content of tables plugin_data and plugin_methods and now I
>>>> have a message that no plugin is installed but still there is no button
>>>> to
>>>> upload plugins.
>>>>
>>>> Also I can´t find the plugin preference in 24.05. Has it been removed?
>>>>
>>>> Any idea of what could be wrong?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Alvaro
>>>>
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>>>>  P Print only if absolutely necessary / Imprime solo si es necesario /
>>>> Imprimez seulement si nécessaire
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