diff -urN codeblocks-8.02_orig/src/sdk/configmanager.cpp codeblocks-8.02/src/sdk/configmanager.cpp
--- codeblocks-8.02_orig/src/sdk/configmanager.cpp	2008-02-27 13:15:26.000000000 +0000
+++ codeblocks-8.02/src/sdk/configmanager.cpp	2008-05-22 09:20:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -467,7 +467,8 @@
             return ::wxGetCwd();
 
         case sdPluginsGlobal:
-            return ConfigManager::data_path_global + _T("/plugins");
+           // return ConfigManager::data_path_global + _T("/plugins");
+	          return _T("@libdir@/codeblocks/plugins");
 
         case sdPluginsUser:
             return ConfigManager::data_path_user   + _T("/plugins");