installPlugin

installPlugin(pluginName, [pluginVersion], [pluginServerAddr])

Download and extract the shared library and the description file (.txt) of the specified plugin into your DolphinDB plugins directory. It returns the full path of the installed plugin description file, which is required when loading the plugin.

pluginName is a string indicating the plugin name.

pluginVersion (optional) is a string indicating the plugin version to install. If it is not specified, the latest version will be installed.

pluginServerAddr is a string indicating the HTTP address of the DolphinDB plugins repository that the system should use. It is recommended to specify it as "http://plugins.dolphindb.com/plugins".

It returns a STRING scalar indicating the full path of the installed plugin description file.

Download the mysql plugin on Linux:

loadPlugin("/home/DolphinDB_Linux64_V2.00.10/server/plugins/mysql/PluginMySQL.txt")
// Or
loadPlugin("mysql")

// output: /home/DolphinDB_Linux64/server/plugins/mysql/PluginMySQL.txt

Load the plugin via loadPlugin:

loadPlugin("/home/DolphinDB_Linux64/server/plugins/mysql/PluginMySQL.txt")
// Or you can use plugin name to load the plugin.
loadPlugin("mysql")

Related functions: listRemoteLists, loadPlugin