Manually installing plugin zips

> I'm sure there must be an easier way, but I have clearly been labouring
> under either old information or misapprehension about how to do this. I
> thought that one was meant to copy the zip to
> /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/Plugins, and unzip it there, expecting LMS to
> copy it all to /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/cache/Installed/Plugins and
> delete the version in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/Plugins. It seems I was
> wrong. The plugin stays installed in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver/Plugins,
> which I believe is incorrect.

No, that's perfect. Check Settings/Information for the plugins folders.
Pick the one ending in Plugins, BUT not the one in the cache. Unzip the
plugin to that folder, so you end up with
Plugins/WhateverPlugin/Plugin.pm and all the oder sub-folders and files.

If in doubt start LMS with server.plugins set to debug.

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Michael