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<topic id="howto-install-plugins">
  <title>Installing an <ph keyref="product"/> Plugin</title>
  <prolog>
    <metadata>
      <keywords>
        <indexterm>Oxygen SDK<indexterm>Installation</indexterm></indexterm>
        <indexterm>Plugins<indexterm>Installation</indexterm></indexterm>
      </keywords>
    </metadata>
  </prolog>
  <body>
    <p>Choose one of the following methods to install a <xref keyref="glossentry_plugin"
          ><term>plugin</term></xref> in <ph keyref="product"/>:</p>
    <section id="manual">
      <title>Manual Method</title>
      <p>To manually install a <term>plugin</term> in <ph keyref="product"/>, follow these
        steps:</p>
      <ol>
        <li>Go to the <ph keyref="product"/> installation directory and locate the
            <filepath>plugins</filepath> directory.<note>The <filepath>plugins</filepath> directory
            contains all the <term>plugins</term> available to <ph keyref="product"/>.</note></li>
        <li>In the <filepath>plugins</filepath> directory, create a subfolder to store the
            <term>plugin</term> files (for example, <filepath><term
              conkeyref="reusables-user-guide/oxy-install-dir"/>/plugins/myPlugin</filepath>).</li>
        <li>In the new folder, place the <term>plugin</term> descriptor file
            (<filepath>plugin.xml</filepath>), the Java classes of the <term>plugin</term>, and the
          other files that are referenced in the descriptor file.</li>
        <li>Restart <ph keyref="product"/>.</li>
      </ol>
    </section>
    <section id="automatic">
      <title>Automatic Method</title>
      <p conkeyref="reusables-installation/p_installing_add_ons"/>
    </section>
  </body>
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