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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

This has been fixed by JS Reynaud which closed this bug report:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1697041

On 05/30/2018 11:22 AM, Carsten Schoenert wrote:
> Hello Fabrizio,
> 
> Am 30.05.2018 um 16:42 schrieb Fabrizio Tappero:
>> ​Hello,
>> I recently discovered the existence of some useful BOM python plugins in
>> this folder:
>> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/kicad/plugins/
>>
>> Wouldn't be recommendable to have the installer put the plugins folder in:
>> /usr/share/kicad/
> 
> this depends if the plugin has a binary format or has a platform
> independent format.
> 
> platform specific code -> /u/l/$platform/kicad/plugins
> 
> platform independent code -> /u/s/kicad/plugins
> 
>> In this way people might actually find a use these scripts easily.
>>
>> Additionally, it might be great to have the BOM menu button "Add Plugin" to
>> point to /usr/share/kicad/
> 
> Well, this wouldn't be LSB conform. Python based plugins which also have
> some other usable functions which could be imported into my scripts need
> to go to a Python specific folder.
> And also binary based plugins need to go to a folder which is respecting
> the rules of the LSB.
>