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Error while installing new plugins
Hello,
I try to install some plugins using a command prompt but I meet the same error every time: no protocol. I can't get what's wrong and how I can fix it. Can you help me, please?
I use DITA-OT 2.5.4, Oxygen XML WebHelp 20.0-SNAPSHOT build 2018042310 with license version: 21, Oxygen XML Author 20.0 and jre1.8.0_333.
This is what I get:
Thank you,
Nadia
I try to install some plugins using a command prompt but I meet the same error every time: no protocol. I can't get what's wrong and how I can fix it. Can you help me, please?
I use DITA-OT 2.5.4, Oxygen XML WebHelp 20.0-SNAPSHOT build 2018042310 with license version: 21, Oxygen XML Author 20.0 and jre1.8.0_333.
This is what I get:
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C:\GIT\...\...\DITA-OT2.x\bin>dita -d -install com.oxygenxml.codeblock-tabs
Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_333\lib\tools.jar
Searching for integrator.xml ...
Buildfile: C:\GIT\...\...\DITA-OT2.x\integrator.xml
Detected Java version: 1.8 in: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_333
Detected OS: Windows 11
parsing buildfile C:\GIT\...\...\DITA-OT2.x\integrator.xml with URI = file:/C:/GIT/.../.../DITA-OT2.x/integrator.xml
Project base dir set to: C:\GIT\...\...\DITA-OT2.x
parsing buildfile jar:file:/C:/GIT/.../../DITA-OT2.x/lib/ant.jar!/org/apache/tools/ant/antlib.xml with URI = jar:file:/C:/GIT/.../.../DITA-OT2.x/lib/ant.jar!/org/apache/tools/ant/antlib.xml from a zip file
dropping C:\GIT\...\...\DITA-OT2.x\lib\commons-io-2.4.jar from path as it doesn't exist
Build sequence for target(s) `install' is [install.init, install.local, install.download, install]
Complete build sequence is [install.init, install.local, install.download, install, install.move, uninstall, uninstall.delete, integrate, lax, strict, ]
install.init:
[available] Unable to find com.oxygenxml.codeblock-tabs to set property install.file.exists
[mkdir] Created dir: C:\GIT\...\...\DITA-OT2.x\temp\temp20220622103657218
install.local:
Skipped because property 'install.file.exists' not set.
install.download:
Error: no protocol: com.oxygenxml.codeblock-tabs
C:\GIT\...\...\DITA-OT2.x\bin>
Nadia
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Re: Error while installing new plugins
Hi Nadia,
Installing a plugin in the way you are attempting works only if the DITA OT plugin is in the official DITA OT plugins registry:
http://plugins.dita-ot.org/
And most of our plugins were not added to the official DITA OT plugins registry.
So you need to perform manual plugin installation, download the plugin's Github project:
https://github.com/oxygenxml/dita-wh-co ... master.zip
take the folder "com.oxygenxml.codeblock-tabs", copy it to the "dita-ot/plugins" folder and then run "dita -i" to integrate the new plugin.
I do not guarantee the plugin will work with DITA OT 2.5.4 and the WebHelp plugin specific for it, I tested it I think about 2-3 months ago with DITA OT 3.7 and the WebHelp plugin bundled with Oxygen 24.1.
Regards,
Radu
Installing a plugin in the way you are attempting works only if the DITA OT plugin is in the official DITA OT plugins registry:
http://plugins.dita-ot.org/
And most of our plugins were not added to the official DITA OT plugins registry.
So you need to perform manual plugin installation, download the plugin's Github project:
https://github.com/oxygenxml/dita-wh-co ... master.zip
take the folder "com.oxygenxml.codeblock-tabs", copy it to the "dita-ot/plugins" folder and then run "dita -i" to integrate the new plugin.
I do not guarantee the plugin will work with DITA OT 2.5.4 and the WebHelp plugin specific for it, I tested it I think about 2-3 months ago with DITA OT 3.7 and the WebHelp plugin bundled with Oxygen 24.1.
Regards,
Radu
Radu Coravu
<oXygen/> XML Editor
http://www.oxygenxml.com
<oXygen/> XML Editor
http://www.oxygenxml.com
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Re: Error while installing new plugins
Hi Radu,
Thank you. Yeah, I forgot to add that I added this plugin manually in the same way you said and then run dita -integrate.
I thought maybe I forgot to install something else or missed some steps
Regards,
Nadia
Thank you. Yeah, I forgot to add that I added this plugin manually in the same way you said and then run dita -integrate.
I thought maybe I forgot to install something else or missed some steps

Regards,
Nadia
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