useblocks / groundwork

        :param plugins: List of plugin names

        :type plugins: list of strings

        """

        self._log.debug("Plugins Deactivation started")

        if not isinstance(plugins, list):

            raise AttributeError("plugins must be a list, not %s" % type(plugins))

        self._log.debug("Plugins to deactivate: %s" % ", ".join(plugins))

        plugins_deactivated = []

        for plugin_name in plugins:

            if not isinstance(plugin_name, str):

                raise AttributeError("plugin name must be a str, not %s" % type(plugin_name))

            if plugin_name not in self._plugins.keys():

                self._log.info("Unknown activated plugin %s" % plugin_name)

                continue

            else:

                self._log.debug("Deactivating plugin %s" % plugin_name)

                if not self._plugins[plugin_name].active:

        plugins_activated = []

        for plugin_name in plugins:

            if not isinstance(plugin_name, str):

                raise AttributeError("plugin name must be a str, not %s" % type(plugin_name))

            if plugin_name not in self._plugins.keys() and plugin_name in self.classes._classes.keys():

                self._log.debug("Initialisation needed before activation.")

                try:

                    self.initialise_by_names([plugin_name])

                except Exception as e:

                    self._log.error("Couldn't initialise plugin %s" % plugin_name)

                    if self._strict:

                        raise Exception("Couldn't initialise plugin %s" % plugin_name) from e

                    else:

                        continue

            if plugin_name in self._plugins.keys():

                self._log.debug("Activating plugin %s" % plugin_name)

                if not self._plugins[plugin_name].active:

                    try:

                        self._plugins[plugin_name].activate()