Temporary patch to load plugins from $CONFIG_FOLDER/plugins/, usually $HOME/.config/xournalpp/plugins/ Otherwise, the only way to load plugins is to place them in the system directory /usr/share/xournalpp/plugins. A more general approach for plugin paths is planned, see https://github.com/xournalpp/xournalpp/issues/1155#issuecomment-623234420 --- a/src/plugin/PluginController.cpp 2021-03-14 00:26:17.633925344 -0300 +++ b/src/plugin/PluginController.cpp 2021-03-14 00:27:08.487299784 -0300 @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PluginController::PluginController(Control* control): control(control) { #ifdef ENABLE_PLUGINS auto searchPath = control->getGladeSearchPath()->getFirstSearchPath(); + loadPluginsFrom(Util::getConfigSubfolder("plugins")); loadPluginsFrom((searchPath /= "../plugins").lexically_normal()); #endif }