ERROR: Multiple modules collided with the same name

[annetteshajan]

Hi I am trying to write a plugin and install it in ghidra. The method I follow is:

1. Write my plugin and build it with the GhidraDev module export function (which converts it to a zip)
2. I open ghidra from eclipse and I go to File -> Install Extensions and add the zip file
3. It asks me to restart ghidra. So I close ghidra and reopen it from eclipse. Here it doesn't open claiming that "Multiple modules collided with the same name: <Pluginname>" The two collisions are coming from /.ghidra/.ghidra_10.5_DEV/Extensions/<Pluginname> and the actual location where I write the plugin. I understand this issue has been brought up with #2193 . It asks to delete this folder which is getting cached. The error doesn't come up when I delete the folder but the plugin itself is not installed when I restart ghidra in this case. Any suggestions would help!

[ryanmkurtz]

The problem is that when you launch your module project from Eclipse, it launches with that extension implicitly installed. But since you also installed it via the front end GUI, that's a 2nd instance which causes the problem.