diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 6474b72d..8e3469c0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -2811,6 +2811,7 @@ Christopher Reimer <reimer.christopher@freenet.de>
  for contributing to a patch that implements FHS support
  for suggesting to remove some redundancy in the Makefile/Make.global/Make.config
  mechanism
+ for suggesting to give the plugin Makefiles a separate 'install' target
 
 Stefan Huskamp <coca_cola1@gmx.de>
  for suggesting to make entering characters via the number keys
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index e580ee7a..d722dde4 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -7417,7 +7417,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   plugins to display these items in a more elaborate way than just a simple line of
   text.
 
-2012-12-19: Version 1.7.34
+2012-12-21: Version 1.7.34
 
 - Changed the type of the TimerMatch parameter in cSkinDisplayMenu::SetItemEvent() from
   'int' to 'eTimerEvent' (reported by Christoph Haubrich).
@@ -7433,6 +7433,19 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   by Christopher Reimer). The file Make.global is no longer used, and plugin Makefiles
   don't include the file Make.config any more. Instead they now retrieve all necessary
   information through calls to pkg-config.
-  Plugin authors (and users) can apply the patch from
+- The plugin Makefiles now have a separate 'install' target (suggested by Christopher
+  Reimer). In order to still allow the normal building of VDR (with all plugins in its
+  ./PLUGINS/src subdirectory, the plugin libraries in ./PLUGINS/lib and the i18n files in
+  ./locale) the VDR Makefile checks the settings of LIBDIR and LOCDIR when building the
+  plugins from within the VDR source directory. If these macros have their default values,
+  then the 'install' targets of the plugins' Makefiles are called. Otherwise the 'all'
+  targets are called and the plugins are merely built, and will have to be installed by a
+  call to 'make install-plugins'. This now also allows a user to copy a plugin source to
+  any directory, change into that directory and do 'make' and 'make install' to have the
+  plugin installed to wherever the local installation of VDR expects them.
+- Due to the changes to the plugin Makefiles, existing plugins will not build with this
+  version of VDR any more. You can either use the new 'newplugin' script to generate a
+  dummy plugin directory and use the Makefile from there (adapting it to your particular
+  plugin), or apply the patch from
   ftp://ftp.tvdr.de/vdr/Developer/vdr-1.7.33-pluginmakefile.diff
-  to their Makefile to make the necessary changes (see comments in that file for details).
+  to your Makefile to make the necessary changes (see comments in that file for details).
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b86faf6..22b0b376 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.32 2012/12/19 11:26:50 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.33 2012/12/20 13:43:41 kls Exp $
 
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 
@@ -114,14 +114,13 @@ vdr: $(OBJS) $(SILIB)
 # The libsi library:
 
 $(SILIB):
-	$(MAKE) -C $(LSIDIR) CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" DEFINES="$(CDEFINES)" all
+	$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C $(LSIDIR) CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" DEFINES="$(CDEFINES)" all
 
 # pkg-config file:
 
 .PHONY: vdr.pc
 vdr.pc:
 	@echo "bindir=$(BINDIR)" > $@
-	@echo "incdir=$(INCDIR)" >> $@
 	@echo "configdir=$(CONFDIRDEF)" >> $@
 	@echo "videodir=$(VIDEODIR)" >> $@
 	@echo "cachedir=$(CACHEDIRDEF)" >> $@
@@ -129,8 +128,8 @@ vdr.pc:
 	@echo "libdir=$(LIBDIR)" >> $@
 	@echo "locdir=$(LOCDIR)" >> $@
 	@echo "apiversion=$(APIVERSION)" >> $@
-	@echo "cflags=$(CFLAGS) $(CDEFINES)" >> $@
-	@echo "cxxflags=$(CXXFLAGS) $(CDEFINES)" >> $@
+	@echo "cflags=$(CFLAGS) $(CDEFINES) -I$(INCDIR)" >> $@
+	@echo "cxxflags=$(CXXFLAGS) $(CDEFINES) -I$(INCDIR)" >> $@
 	@echo "" >> $@
 	@echo "Name: VDR" >> $@
 	@echo "Description: Video Disk Recorder" >> $@
@@ -181,19 +180,23 @@ plugins: include-dir vdr.pc
 	@failed="";\
 	noapiv="";\
 	for i in `ls $(PLUGINDIR)/src | grep -v '[^a-z0-9]'`; do\
-	    echo "Plugin $$i:";\
+	    echo "*** Plugin $$i:";\
 	    if ! grep -q "\$$(LIBDIR)/.*\$$(APIVERSION)" "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i/Makefile" ; then\
 	       echo "ERROR: plugin $$i doesn't honor APIVERSION - not compiled!";\
 	       noapiv="$$noapiv $$i";\
 	       continue;\
 	       fi;\
-	    $(MAKE) -C "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i" VDRDIR=$(CWD) all || failed="$$failed $$i";\
+            target=all;\
+	    if [ "$(LIBDIR)" == "$(CWD)/PLUGINS/lib" ] && [ "$(LOCDIR)" == "$(CWD)/locale" ]; then\
+	       target=install;\
+	       fi;\
+	    $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i" VDRDIR=$(CWD) $$target || failed="$$failed $$i";\
 	    done;\
 	if [ -n "$$noapiv" ] ; then echo; echo "*** plugins without APIVERSION:$$noapiv"; echo; fi;\
 	if [ -n "$$failed" ] ; then echo; echo "*** failed plugins:$$failed"; echo; exit 1; fi
 
 clean-plugins:
-	@for i in `ls $(PLUGINDIR)/src | grep -v '[^a-z0-9]'`; do $(MAKE) -C "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i" clean; done
+	@for i in `ls $(PLUGINDIR)/src | grep -v '[^a-z0-9]'`; do $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i" clean; done
 	@-rm -f $(PLUGINDIR)/lib/lib*-*.so.$(APIVERSION)
 
 # Install the files:
@@ -229,8 +232,9 @@ install-doc:
 # Plugins:
 
 install-plugins: plugins
-	@mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
-	@cp --remove-destination $(PLUGINDIR)/lib/lib*-*.so.$(APIVERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)
+	@for i in `ls $(PLUGINDIR)/src | grep -v '[^a-z0-9]'`; do\
+	     $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C "$(PLUGINDIR)/src/$$i" VDRDIR=$(CWD) install;\
+	     done
 
 # Includes:
 
@@ -257,9 +261,10 @@ srcdoc:
 # Housekeeping:
 
 clean:
-	@$(MAKE) -C $(LSIDIR) clean
+	@$(MAKE) --no-print-directory -C $(LSIDIR) clean
 	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) vdr vdr.pc core* *~
 	@-rm -rf $(LOCALEDIR) $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
 	@-rm -rf include
 	@-rm -rf srcdoc
 CLEAN: clean
+distclean: clean-plugins clean
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
index 2a6b285a..9fb419eb 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/dvbsddevice/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.11 2012/12/19 11:16:48 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.12 2012/12/20 14:02:10 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -37,9 +36,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o dvbsdffdevice.o dvbsdffosd.o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+all: $(SOFILE)
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -67,9 +70,14 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib
 
 dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
@@ -80,4 +88,4 @@ dist: clean
 	@echo Distribution package created as $(PACKAGE).tgz
 
 clean:
-	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~ $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
+	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/epgtableid0/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/epgtableid0/Makefile
index 5a1da9c4..fc12221e 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/epgtableid0/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/epgtableid0/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.4 2012/12/19 11:17:32 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.5 2012/12/20 14:02:17 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -37,9 +36,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+all: $(SOFILE)
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -67,9 +70,14 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib
 
 dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
@@ -80,4 +88,4 @@ dist: clean
 	@echo Distribution package created as $(PACKAGE).tgz
 
 clean:
-	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~ $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
+	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile
index 8a3e6d53..3fb9327d 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/hello/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.11 2012/12/19 12:10:07 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.12 2012/12/20 13:34:41 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -37,9 +36,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+all: $(SOFILE) i18n
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 PODIR     = po
 I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
+I18Nmo    = $(addsuffix .mo, $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))
 I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
 I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
 
@@ -87,13 +91,20 @@ $(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
 	cp $< $@
 
 .PHONY: i18n
-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs)
+i18n: $(I18Nmo) $(I18Npot)
+
+install-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs)
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib install-i18n
 
 dist: $(I18Npo) clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/osddemo/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/osddemo/Makefile
index a400658e..db3ba76f 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/osddemo/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/osddemo/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.6 2012/12/18 13:35:25 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.7 2012/12/20 13:34:45 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -35,9 +34,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+all: $(SOFILE)
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -65,9 +68,14 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib
 
 dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/pictures/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/pictures/Makefile
index 27ac5963..5a165dcf 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/pictures/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/pictures/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.11 2012/12/19 12:10:17 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.12 2012/12/20 14:00:40 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -37,9 +36,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o entry.o menu.o player.o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+all: $(SOFILE) i18n
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 PODIR     = po
 I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
+I18Nmo    = $(addsuffix .mo, $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))
 I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
 I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
 
@@ -87,13 +91,20 @@ $(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
 	cp $< $@
 
 .PHONY: i18n
-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs) $(I18Npot)
+i18n: $(I18Nmo) $(I18Npot)
+
+install-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs)
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib install-i18n
 
 dist: $(I18Npo) clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
@@ -104,4 +115,5 @@ dist: $(I18Npo) clean
 	@echo Distribution package created as $(PACKAGE).tgz
 
 clean:
-	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~ $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
+	@-rm -f $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
+	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile
index 1635edf4..83dab778 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/rcu/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 1.4 2012/12/19 11:17:56 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 1.5 2012/12/20 14:01:00 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -37,9 +36,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+all: $(SOFILE)
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -67,9 +70,14 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib
 
 dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
@@ -80,4 +88,4 @@ dist: clean
 	@echo Distribution package created as $(PACKAGE).tgz
 
 clean:
-	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~ $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
+	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/servicedemo/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/servicedemo/Makefile
index 22aa7f0e..79f879b5 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/servicedemo/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/servicedemo/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.6 2012/12/18 13:35:40 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.7 2012/12/20 13:35:20 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN1).c | awk '{ pr
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -70,11 +69,14 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 libvdr-$(PLUGIN1).so: $(PLUGIN1).o
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(PLUGIN1).o -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
 
 libvdr-$(PLUGIN2).so: $(PLUGIN2).o
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(PLUGIN2).o -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: libvdr-$(PLUGIN1).so libvdr-$(PLUGIN2).so
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination libvdr-$(PLUGIN1).so $(LIBDIR)/libvdr-$(PLUGIN1).so.$(APIVERSION)
+	@cp --remove-destination libvdr-$(PLUGIN2).so $(LIBDIR)/libvdr-$(PLUGIN2).so.$(APIVERSION)
 
 dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
index c809712b..51371bdb 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/skincurses/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.11 2012/12/19 12:10:28 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.12 2012/12/20 14:01:24 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -37,9 +36,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+all: $(SOFILE) i18n
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -69,6 +72,7 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 PODIR     = po
 I18Npo    = $(wildcard $(PODIR)/*.po)
+I18Nmo    = $(addsuffix .mo, $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))
 I18Nmsgs  = $(addprefix $(LOCDIR)/, $(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo, $(notdir $(foreach file, $(I18Npo), $(basename $(file))))))
 I18Npot   = $(PODIR)/$(PLUGIN).pot
 
@@ -87,13 +91,20 @@ $(I18Nmsgs): $(LOCDIR)/%/LC_MESSAGES/vdr-$(PLUGIN).mo: $(PODIR)/%.mo
 	cp $< $@
 
 .PHONY: i18n
-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs) $(I18Npot)
+i18n: $(I18Nmo) $(I18Npot)
+
+install-i18n: $(I18Nmsgs)
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -lncursesw -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib install-i18n
 
 dist: $(I18Npo) clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
@@ -104,4 +115,5 @@ dist: $(I18Npo) clean
 	@echo Distribution package created as $(PACKAGE).tgz
 
 clean:
-	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~ $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
+	@-rm -f $(PODIR)/*.mo $(PODIR)/*.pot
+	@-rm -f $(OBJS) $(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/status/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/status/Makefile
index 5cfd1027..37940cb0 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/status/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/status/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.6 2012/12/18 13:35:47 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.7 2012/12/20 13:35:33 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -37,9 +36,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+all: $(SOFILE)
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -67,9 +70,14 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib
 
 dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/PLUGINS/src/svdrpdemo/Makefile b/PLUGINS/src/svdrpdemo/Makefile
index 47a67b5d..86930531 100644
--- a/PLUGINS/src/svdrpdemo/Makefile
+++ b/PLUGINS/src/svdrpdemo/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Makefile for a Video Disk Recorder plugin
 #
-# $Id: Makefile 2.6 2012/12/18 13:35:51 kls Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile 2.7 2012/12/20 13:35:36 kls Exp $
 
 # The official name of this plugin.
 # This name will be used in the '-P...' option of VDR to load the plugin.
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ VERSION = $(shell grep 'static const char \*VERSION *=' $(PLUGIN).c | awk '{ pri
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = $(if $(VDRDIR),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) $(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),$(shell pkg-config --variable=$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,incdir)
 LIBDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,libdir)
 LOCDIR ?= $(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
@@ -37,9 +36,13 @@ APIVERSION = $(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = $(PLUGIN)-$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ OBJS = $(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so
+all: $(SOFILE)
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -67,9 +70,14 @@ $(DEPFILE): Makefile
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-$(PLUGIN).so: $(OBJS)
+$(SOFILE): $(OBJS)
 	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared $(OBJS) -o $@
-	@cp --remove-destination $@ $(LIBDIR)/$@.$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: $(SOFILE)
+	@mkdir -p $(LIBDIR)
+	@cp --remove-destination $(SOFILE) $(LIBDIR)/$(SOFILE).$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib
 
 dist: clean
 	@-rm -rf $(TMPDIR)/$(ARCHIVE)
diff --git a/newplugin b/newplugin
index d5aa047b..d9ddba7a 100755
--- a/newplugin
+++ b/newplugin
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
 # how to reach the author.
 #
-# $Id: newplugin 2.10 2012/12/19 11:03:28 kls Exp $
+# $Id: newplugin 2.11 2012/12/20 13:58:05 kls Exp $
 
 $PLUGIN_NAME = $ARGV[0] || die "Usage: newplugin <name>\n";
 
@@ -76,9 +76,8 @@ VERSION = \$(shell grep 'static const char \\*VERSION *=' \$(PLUGIN).c | awk '{
 
 # Use package data if installed...otherwise assume we're under the VDR source directory:
 PKGCFG  = \$(if \$(VDRDIR),\$(shell pkg-config --variable=\$(1) \$(VDRDIR)/vdr.pc),\$(shell pkg-config --variable=\$(1) vdr || pkg-config --variable=\$(1) ../../../vdr.pc))
-INCDIR ?= \$(call PKGCFG,includedir)
 LIBDIR ?= \$(call PKGCFG,libdir)
-LOCDIR ?= \$(call PKGCFG,localedir)
+LOCDIR ?= \$(call PKGCFG,locdir)
 #
 TMPDIR ?= /tmp
 
@@ -96,9 +95,13 @@ APIVERSION = \$(call PKGCFG,apiversion)
 ARCHIVE = \$(PLUGIN)-\$(VERSION)
 PACKAGE = vdr-\$(ARCHIVE)
 
+### The name of the shared object file:
+
+SOFILE = libvdr-\$(PLUGIN).so
+
 ### Includes and Defines (add further entries here):
 
-INCLUDES += -I\$(INCDIR)
+INCLUDES +=
 
 DEFINES += -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"\$(PLUGIN)"'
 
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ OBJS = \$(PLUGIN).o
 
 ### The main target:
 
-all: libvdr-\$(PLUGIN).so i18n
+all: \$(SOFILE) i18n
 
 ### Implicit rules:
 
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ DEPFILE = .dependencies
 
 PODIR     = po
 I18Npo    = \$(wildcard \$(PODIR)/*.po)
+I18Nmo    = \$(addsuffix .mo, \$(foreach file, \$(I18Npo), \$(basename \$(file))))
 I18Nmsgs  = \$(addprefix \$(LOCDIR)/, \$(addsuffix /LC_MESSAGES/vdr-\$(PLUGIN).mo, \$(notdir \$(foreach file, \$(I18Npo), \$(basename \$(file))))))
 I18Npot   = \$(PODIR)/\$(PLUGIN).pot
 
@@ -146,13 +150,20 @@ I18Npot   = \$(PODIR)/\$(PLUGIN).pot
 	cp \$< \$\@
 
 .PHONY: i18n
-i18n: \$(I18Nmsgs) \$(I18Npot)
+i18n: \$(I18Nmo) \$(I18Npot)
+
+install-i18n: \$(I18Nmsgs)
 
 ### Targets:
 
-libvdr-\$(PLUGIN).so: \$(OBJS)
+\$(SOFILE): \$(OBJS)
 	\$(CXX) \$(CXXFLAGS) \$(LDFLAGS) -shared \$(OBJS) -o \$\@
-	\@cp --remove-destination \$\@ \$(LIBDIR)/\$\@.\$(APIVERSION)
+
+install-lib: \$(SOFILE)
+	\@mkdir -p \$(LIBDIR)
+	\@cp --remove-destination \$(SOFILE) \$(LIBDIR)/\$(SOFILE).\$(APIVERSION)
+
+install: install-lib install-i18n
 
 dist: \$(I18Npo) clean
 	\@-rm -rf \$(TMPDIR)/\$(ARCHIVE)
@@ -163,7 +174,8 @@ dist: \$(I18Npo) clean
 	\@echo Distribution package created as \$(PACKAGE).tgz
 
 clean:
-	\@-rm -f \$(OBJS) \$(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~ \$(PODIR)/*.mo \$(PODIR)/*.pot
+	\@-rm -f \$(PODIR)/*.mo \$(PODIR)/*.pot
+	\@-rm -f \$(OBJS) \$(DEPFILE) *.so *.tgz core* *~
 };
 
 $MAIN = qq
@@ -342,4 +354,3 @@ sub CreateFile
   print FILE $Content;
   close(FILE);
 }
-