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Command-line installation of a Fotoware plugin for an Adobe product

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Overview

This article explains how to manually install and activate an Adobe plugin from the Windows or Mac Command Prompt/Terminal.

Note that the preferred way to install Adobe plugins is to start the installation from the system tray icon after installing FotoWeb Desktop. This topic explains how to install a specific version of a Fotoware plugin for Adobe using Adobe's command-line utility.

Locating the Adobe Extension Manager Utility

The UPIA command-line tool is automatically installed with the Creative Cloud desktop app version 5.5 and later.

Windows: You can find it by opening a Windows terminal and changing directories as follows:

cd "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\Adobe Desktop Common\RemoteComponents\UPI\UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent"

 Mac: 

cd "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Desktop Common/RemoteComponents/UPI/UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent/UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent.app/Contents/MacOS"

 

Verifying the currently installed version of the plugin

To verify the version of a plugin that is currently installed, run the following command:

Windows:

UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent.exe /list all

Mac: 

./UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent --list all

 

The output lists all plugins currently installed for your current versions of Adobe products, along with any Fotoware extensions at the bottom of the list.

1 extension installed for InDesign 2024 (ver 19.5.0)
 Status                        Extension Name                         Version
=========  =======================================================  ==========
 Enabled    com.fotoware.fotowebwidget                                 16.0.16

Installing a newer version of a plugin

To manually install a new version of a plugin, download the zxp file and place it somewhere on the local drive where you can refer to it.

You can find the latest plugins (zxp) at the following links: 

Also, make sure all Adobe programs are closed before proceeding.

Then type the following in the terminal:

Windows:

UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent.exe /install c:\myfile.ccx

Mac: 

./UnifiedPluginInstallerAgent --install /myfolder/mysubfolder/myfile.ccx

If an older version of a plugin is already installed, it will be automatically replaced when the newer version is installed.

When the installation is complete, there will be a notification in the terminal that the installation was successful.