How to see where rviz is looking for plugins

Question

I am trying to build a package that add a simple plugins to rviz, following the rviz_plugin_tutorial example. It now compiles with catkin_make. I have the export tag in package.xml and a plugin_description.xml. I have properly source my catkin_workspace.

But if I run rviz, it does not appear in the add panel list. and I have no debug/error anywhere

I am now looking for some ways to debug this. Is there a way to see where 'pluginlib' is looking for plugins, or other way to have a bit more verbosity on the plugin part ?

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Originally posted by Bobox on ROS Answers with karma: 25 on 2017-07-05

Post score: 1

Answer 1

See wiki/pluginlib - Providing a Plugin - Querying ROS Package System For Available Plugins.

That is basically what RViz does.

Check #q163476 for a related question.

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Originally posted by gvdhoorn with karma: 86574 on 2017-07-05

This answer was ACCEPTED on the original site

Post score: 1

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Original comments

Comment by Bobox on 2017-07-05:
Thanks the related question has all the answers I need, shame I did not find it in my research before asking my own.