[ckan-dev] Newbie: CKAN extensions

Wed Oct 25 10:47:00 UTC 2017

Hi
Thanks for that. The extensions website is in the documents but none of the
questions are answered there.

1) To list the installed extensions:
 Do I list the directory /usr/lib/ckan/default/src/ckan/ckanext ?
 Are all of subdirectories there 'core' extensions?

2) To enable/disable extensions:
 Do I edit the ckan.plugins value in /etc/ckan/default/production.ini?
 Is there anything else to do?
 Does something need to be restarted after editing?

 This was my default: stats text_view image_view recline_view
 Where are they documented?!
 They have no entries in the extensions.ckan.org website.
 A google search finds a passing mention in
maintaining/data-viewer.html#text-view

3) To install new extensions:
 There's no common working method, every single plugin is different?
 The only common thing is to add the name to ckan.plugins as above?
 Leaving the documentation about installation to the plugin writer means
that it's likely to be cryptic ;-)

4) To configure extensions:
 Unknown

On 25 October 2017 at 05:10, Timothy Giles <timothy.giles at slu.se> wrote:

> Hi.
>
>
> Check out extensions.ckan.org for a list of many hundreds of 'external'
> extensions. The core extensions are optional and enabled by adding the
> extension name in the plugins section of the configuration file. Best thing
> is to look at some of the external extensions which generally come with
> instructions on how to install.
>
>
> Good luck
>
>
>
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> *From:* ckan-dev <ckan-dev-bounces at lists.okfn.org> on behalf of Andrew
> Brooks <arb at sat.dundee.ac.uk>
> *Sent:* 24 October 2017 07:57 PM
> *To:* ckan-dev at lists.okfn.org
> *Subject:* [ckan-dev] Newbie: CKAN extensions
>
> Hi
>
> The CKAN documentation talks about 'core' extensions and 'external'
> extensions.
> It says some core ones are enabled and others are not.
> Next it tells you how to write an extension.
> Where does it describe:
> 1) how to list the installed extensions
> 2) how to enable/disable extensions
> 3) how to install new extensions
> 4) how to configure extensions
> ?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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