# Custom-Links-Plugin for SCM-Manager Installation doesn't work for Linux/Unix Windows

**URL:** <https://community.cloudogu.com/t/custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager-installation-doesnt-work-for-linux-unix-windows/328>\
**Category:** SCM-Manager Bug Reports\
**Created:** [November 4, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager-installation-doesnt-work-for-linux-unix-windows/328 "2021-11-04T17:39:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![girishkg](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/girishkg/32/183_2.png) [@girishkg](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/girishkg)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager-installation-doesnt-work-for-linux-unix-windows/328/1 "2021-11-04T17:39:02Z")

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**Issue:** The **[official installation instructions](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/instructions-custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager/289)** provided on the plugin download page are not working.  
**How to reproduce:**  
(1) Follow the installation instructions mentioned **[here](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/instructions-custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager/289)**

After restarting the SCM-Manager, the plugins that we copy on to the disk/directory will get deleted by SCM restart as it extracts the WAR and overwrites anything on the target. Only the CORE plugins will be retained. The directory where the **[Instructions](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/instructions-custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager/289)** is pointing to will be overwritten each time the SCM restart.

**The correct way is to**  
(1) Find out the correct directory where all other plugins are present **but not the core plugins directory**  
(2) Copy the custom-links plugin  
(3) Restart the scm-manager

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**Author:** ![sebastian.sdorra](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/sebastian.sdorra/32/7_2.png) [@sebastian.sdorra](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/sebastian.sdorra)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager-installation-doesnt-work-for-linux-unix-windows/328/2 "2021-11-05T06:46:52Z")

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Hi, you are right the plugin folder of the instructions are pointing to the wrong directory. We will fix this.

The correct location is plugins folder in the base directory. The location base directory depends on the type of SCM-Manager installation. Please have a look at the [documentation](https://scm-manager.org/docs/latest/en/administration/basedirectory/) for your type of installation.

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**Author:** ![girishkg](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/girishkg/32/183_2.png) [@girishkg](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/girishkg)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager-installation-doesnt-work-for-linux-unix-windows/328/3 "2021-11-13T10:57:36Z")

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Thanks a lot for fixing it quickly.

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**Author:** ![christoph.loose](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.cloudogu.com/christoph.loose/32/1400_2.png) [@christoph.loose](https://community.cloudogu.com/u/christoph.loose)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 11:25am UTC](https://community.cloudogu.com/t/custom-links-plugin-for-scm-manager-installation-doesnt-work-for-linux-unix-windows/328/4 "2022-07-08T11:25:31Z")

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