How can I enable plugins for offline access?

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If I want to enable a plugin for offline access how can I install them offline?

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The recommend approach for running plugins offline is to use a VirtualEnv. Here's a quick overview of that process.

First, create a virtualenv (may require installing the venv package)

Setup your Python settings to point to your virtual env:

Take note that you might have to point to the python binary that is the same version as the library being used for the interpreter.

Finally, install whatever plugins you want from the plugin manager and dependencies will automatically be installed:

Now, to migrate to an offline machine, simply copy the plugin from your $USER_FOLDER/repositories/community/plugins/ (or $USER_FOLDER/repositories/official/plugins/ folder) (where $USER_FOLDER is OS-specific) to your $USER_FOLDER/plugins folder on your offline machine (you might want to rename the folder but that step is optional.

Next, copy the venv (or whatever name you used above) folder to your offline machine.

You probably also want to copy your settings.json from your $USER_FOLDER to the same folder on your offline machine as well to recreate the same python settings.

Note that you may also simply install your python dependencies manually using one of the many tutorials online and also download/clone the plugins directly from the appropriate repository.