# Analysis-icu plugin can't be verified - missing plugin-descriptor.properties?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysis-icu-plugin-cant-be-verified-missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/50159>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 16, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysis-icu-plugin-cant-be-verified-missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/50159 "2016-05-16T22:09:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![fan-elastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@fan-elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fan-elastic)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysis-icu-plugin-cant-be-verified-missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/50159/1 "2016-05-16T22:09:01Z")

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Greetings Folks -

I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing the same issue. I'm trying to install the analysis-icu plugin for elasticsearch and getting an error saying it can't be verified.

Here's the command I used (based on what the GitHub readme says):  
**sudo bin/plugin install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/2.7.0**

And the output ...

-\> Installing elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/2.7.0...  
Trying [https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/elasticsearch-analysis-icu-2.7.0.zip](https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/elasticsearch-analysis-icu-2.7.0.zip) ..  
.  
Downloading .......................................................................................................  
...................................................................................................................  
...................................................................................................................  
...................................................................................................................  
..............................................................................................................DONE  
Verifying [https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/elasticsearch-analysis-icu-2.7.0.zip](https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-analysis-icu/elasticsearch-analysis-icu-2.7.0.zip)  
checksums if available ...  
NOTE: Unable to verify checksum for downloaded plugin (unable to find .sha1 or .md5 file to verify)  
ERROR: **Could not find plugin descriptor 'plugin-descriptor.properties' in plugin zip**

I am running Elasticsearch 2.3.1 on Debian 8.3 (the standard GCE Compute Engine build)

/usr/share/elasticsearch$ bin/elasticsearch --version  
Version: 2.3.1, Build: bd98092/2016-04-04T12:25:05Z, JVM: 1.8.0\_77

/usr/share/elasticsearch$ cat /etc/debian\_version  
8.3

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 6:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysis-icu-plugin-cant-be-verified-missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/50159/2 "2016-05-17T06:23:04Z")

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Read [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/analysis-icu.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/analysis-icu.html)

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**Author:** ![fan-elastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ac91a4/32.png) [@fan-elastic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fan-elastic)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysis-icu-plugin-cant-be-verified-missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/50159/3 "2016-05-17T13:06:33Z")

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Thank you David! That does indeed work. So - I guess its just the GitHub instructions that are out of date.

Thanks much!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysis-icu-plugin-cant-be-verified-missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/50159/4 "2017-07-05T22:51:10Z")

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