GStreamer will not recognize my plugin

[William]

So I'm trying to write a plugin and seemed to have tripped over the starting
line. I have read in the docs that I should use gst-element-maker to create
a basic template for a plugin. So I give it a try:

./gst-element-maker myplugin382 basetransform

So not only did that create the .h and .c files, it also creates the .so
library file gstmyplugin382.so.
Wow, cool. So now I only have to copy the gstmyplugin382.so into the
directory where all the other gst-plugins reside and GStreamer will
magically see recognize it. Excellent! And so I copied gstmyplugin382.so to
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu and ran gst-inspect-1.0. But no joy. It doesn't
work. 
I have spent the day trying slight variations, searching the internet for
solutions, and trying out different suggestions. And still no joy. 
Was this supposed to work? Am I missing a step? How is GStreamer supposed to
recognize plugins?



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