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further investigation lead me to:

function bp_example_check_installed() {



...



/***

* If you call your admin functionality here, it will only be loaded when the user is in the

* wp-admin area, not on every page load.

*/

require ( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/bp-example/bp-example-admin.php' );

Checking WP_PLUGIN_DIR returns a full path that looks like it’s the key of all the problem. If I use just require ( 'bp-example/bp-example-admin.php' ); the require looks to work …

… still looking at this …