# Bigdesk installation fails on ES 2.1.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigdesk-installation-fails-on-es-2-1-0/39692>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 20, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigdesk-installation-fails-on-es-2-1-0/39692 "2016-01-20T19:26:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![nkanchas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/278dde/32.png) [@nkanchas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nkanchas)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigdesk-installation-fails-on-es-2-1-0/39692/1 "2016-01-20T19:26:52Z")

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I am Using ElasticSearch 2.1.0.

When I try to install bigdesk plugin below is the error .

elasticsearch@searchlog03:/usr/share/elasticsearch$ ./bin/plugin install lukas-vlcek/bigdesk  
-\> Installing lukas-vlcek/bigdesk...  
Trying [https://github.com/lukas-vlcek/bigdesk/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/lukas-vlcek/bigdesk/archive/master.zip) ...  
Downloading .........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................DONE  
Verifying [https://github.com/lukas-vlcek/bigdesk/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/lukas-vlcek/bigdesk/archive/master.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

any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,  
Naresh.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigdesk-installation-fails-on-es-2-1-0/39692/2 "2016-01-20T19:27:49Z")

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You should raise this on the Bigdesk repo, [https://github.com/lukas-vlcek/bigdesk/issues](https://github.com/lukas-vlcek/bigdesk/issues).

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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, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bigdesk-installation-fails-on-es-2-1-0/39692/3 "2017-07-05T23:22:57Z")

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