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I find a common issue with QGIS is installing the "Really Helpful Plugin You Really Needed", then spending 10-15 minutes in GUI trying to find it.
Is there somewhere, either some section in plugin documentation or in the log messages panel, that tells you the location within the GUI where the plugin was installed?
running qgis on windows you will find them here: C:\Users\USERNAME.qgis2\python\plugins
Unfortunately, that will depend from plugin to plugin.
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I find a common issue with QGIS is installing the "Really Helpful Plugin You Really Needed", then spending 10-15 minutes in GUI trying to find it.
Is there somewhere, either some section in plugin documentation or in the log messages panel, that tells you the location within the GUI where the plugin was installed?
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running qgis on windows you will find them here: C:\Users\USERNAME.qgis2\python\plugins
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