Hi there,
I recently posted about compiling Tulip using CMake, I'm now going to tell you how to build your plugin and install them onto your Tulip installation.
The first thing you need is a working version of Tulip. Since pre-compiled packages on our website come as standalone applications (meaning that every required librarie, like Qt or so, are provided with the Tulip executable), you won't be able to develop plugins using one of those packages.