# Bin/plugin is lying about plugin installation status **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 11, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-plugin-is-lying-about-plugin-installation-status/13916 "2013-10-11T06:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![benmccann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benmccann/32/420_2.png) [@benmccann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/benmccann)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-plugin-is-lying-about-plugin-installation-status/13916/1 "2013-10-11T06:15:27Z")
When I try to install a plugin, elasticsearch tells me that it is successful, but it actually is not. $ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --install richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 -\> Installing richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1... Trying [http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... Trying [http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... Trying [https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip)... Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip)... Downloading .................DONE Installed richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 into /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb $ sudo ls /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb ls: cannot access /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb: No such file or directory Any tips on how to get this plugin installed? This seems like a bug in bin/plugin's status reporting for sure. Thanks, Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![fatih](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fatih/32/1433_2.png) [@fatih](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fatih)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-plugin-is-lying-about-plugin-installation-status/13916/2 "2013-10-11T06:30:28Z")
Try with -install command. You can check details about this issue on my blog post, because it happened to me long time ago. [http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366](http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366) I hope it will work. Fatih. On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Ben McCann [benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com) wrote: > When I try to install a plugin, elasticsearch tells me that it is successful, but it actually is not. > > $ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --install richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 > -\> Installing richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1... > Trying [http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > Trying [http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > Trying [https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip)... > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip)... > Downloading .................DONE > Installed richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 into /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > $ sudo ls /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > ls: cannot access /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb: No such file or directory > > Any tips on how to get this plugin installed? This seems like a bug in bin/plugin's status reporting for sure. > > Thanks, > Ben > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_McCann\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ben_mccann_2/32/1097_2.png) [@Ben\_McCann\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ben_McCann_2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-plugin-is-lying-about-plugin-installation-status/13916/3 "2013-10-11T06:35:46Z")
Same thing happened. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm running 0.90.5, so I think it should be --install On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Fatih Karatana [fatih@karatana.com](mailto:fatih@karatana.com) wrote: > Try with -install command. You can check details about this issue on my > blog post, because it happened to me long time ago. > [http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366](http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366) > > I hope it will work. > > Fatih. > > On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Ben McCann [benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com) > wrote: > > When I try to install a plugin, elasticsearch tells me that it is > successful, but it actually is not. > > $ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --install > richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 > -\> Installing richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1... > Trying > [http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip) > ... > Trying > [http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip) > ... > Trying > [https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip) > ... > Trying > [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip) > ... > Trying > [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip) > ... > Downloading .................DONE > Installed richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 into > /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > $ sudo ls /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > ls: cannot access /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb: No such > file or directory > > Any tips on how to get this plugin installed? This seems like a bug in > bin/plugin's status reporting for sure. > > Thanks, > Ben > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- > **[Ben McCann on about.me](https://about.me/benmccann)** > > I am a Founder, Entrepreneur, and Investor in Mountain View, California. Visit my website. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![fatih](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fatih/32/1433_2.png) [@fatih](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fatih)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-plugin-is-lying-about-plugin-installation-status/13916/4 "2013-10-11T06:44:35Z")
Have you tried with this script? [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/blob/master/install-local.sh](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/blob/master/install-local.sh) It shows there might be some maven dependencies. May be this causes what you get. Fatih. On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:35 AM, Ben McCann [ben@benmccann.com](mailto:ben@benmccann.com) wrote: > Same thing happened. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm running 0.90.5, so I think it should be --install > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Fatih Karatana [fatih@karatana.com](mailto:fatih@karatana.com) wrote: > Try with -install command. You can check details about this issue on my blog post, because it happened to me long time ago. > [http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366](http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366) > > I hope it will work. > > Fatih. > > On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Ben McCann [benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com) wrote: > > > When I try to install a plugin, elasticsearch tells me that it is successful, but it actually is not. > > > > $ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --install richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 > > -\> Installing richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1... > > Trying [http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > Trying [http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > Trying [https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip)... > > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip)... > > Downloading .................DONE > > Installed richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 into /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > > > $ sudo ls /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > ls: cannot access /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb: No such file or directory > > > > Any tips on how to get this plugin installed? This seems like a bug in bin/plugin's status reporting for sure. > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > [Ben McCann - Mountain View, California, Connectifier, Carnegie Mellon University | about.me](http://about.me/benmccann) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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:** [October 11, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-plugin-is-lying-about-plugin-installation-status/13916/5 "2013-10-11T06:57:19Z")
Both options -install and --install are available. May be you should run it using sudo? Wondering though why it said success at the end. -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs Le 11 oct. 2013 à 08:35, Ben McCann [ben@benmccann.com](mailto:ben@benmccann.com) a écrit : > Same thing happened. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm running 0.90.5, so I think it should be --install > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Fatih Karatana [fatih@karatana.com](mailto:fatih@karatana.com) wrote: > > > Try with -install command. You can check details about this issue on my blog post, because it happened to me long time ago. > > [http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366](http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366) > > > > I hope it will work. > > > > Fatih. > > > > On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Ben McCann [benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > When I try to install a plugin, elasticsearch tells me that it is successful, but it actually is not. > > > > > > $ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --install richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 > > > -\> Installing richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1... > > > Trying [http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip)... > > > Downloading .................DONE > > > Installed richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 into /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > > > > > $ sudo ls /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > > ls: cannot access /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb: No such file or directory > > > > > > Any tips on how to get this plugin installed? This seems like a bug in bin/plugin's status reporting for sure. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ben > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > ## -- [Ben McCann - Mountain View, California, Connectifier, Carnegie Mellon University | about.me](http://about.me/benmccann) > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_McCann\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ben_mccann_2/32/1097_2.png) [@Ben\_McCann\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ben_McCann_2)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2013, 7:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/bin-plugin-is-lying-about-plugin-installation-status/13916/6 "2013-10-11T07:01:15Z")
Fatih, That script builds the plugin from source and installs it on your local machine. It's meant to be used by developers of the plugin and not users. (I wrote the script 😉 David, thanks for the suggestion. I did use sudo to run it. Even specifying the URL does not work: sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --url [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip--install](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip--install) river-mongodb On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:57 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > Both options -install and --install are available. > May be you should run it using sudo? > > Wondering though why it said success at the end. > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 11 oct. 2013 à 08:35, Ben McCann [ben@benmccann.com](mailto:ben@benmccann.com) a écrit : > > Same thing happened. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm running 0.90.5, > so I think it should be --install > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Fatih Karatana [fatih@karatana.com](mailto:fatih@karatana.com)wrote: > > > Try with -install command. You can check details about this issue on my > > blog post, because it happened to me long time ago. > > [http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366](http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366) > > > > I hope it will work. > > > > Fatih. > > > > On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Ben McCann [benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com) > > wrote: > > > > When I try to install a plugin, elasticsearch tells me that it is > > successful, but it actually is not. > > > > $ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --install > > richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 > > -\> Installing richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1... > > Trying > > [http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip) > > ... > > Trying > > [http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip) > > ... > > Trying > > [https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip) > > ... > > Trying > > [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip) > > ... > > Trying > > [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip) > > ... > > Downloading .................DONE > > Installed richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 into > > /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > > > $ sudo ls /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > ls: cannot access /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb: No such > > file or directory > > > > Any tips on how to get this plugin installed? This seems like a bug in > > bin/plugin's status reporting for sure. > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > [Ben McCann - Mountain View, California, Connectifier, Carnegie Mellon University | about.me](http://about.me/benmccann) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- > **[Ben McCann on about.me](https://about.me/benmccann)** > > I am a Founder, Entrepreneur, and Investor in Mountain View, California. 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Then download the zip and extract it into plugin folder manually =) That might work instead of building from source. Fatih. On Oct 11, 2013, at 10:01 AM, Ben McCann [ben@benmccann.com](mailto:ben@benmccann.com) wrote: > Fatih, That script builds the plugin from source and installs it on your local machine. It's meant to be used by developers of the plugin and not users. (I wrote the script 😉 > > David, thanks for the suggestion. I did use sudo to run it. Even specifying the URL does not work: > sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --url [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip) --install river-mongodb > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:57 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > Both options -install and --install are available. > May be you should run it using sudo? > > Wondering though why it said success at the end. > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 11 oct. 2013 à 08:35, Ben McCann [ben@benmccann.com](mailto:ben@benmccann.com) a écrit : > > > Same thing happened. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm running 0.90.5, so I think it should be --install > > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Fatih Karatana [fatih@karatana.com](mailto:fatih@karatana.com) wrote: > > Try with -install command. You can check details about this issue on my blog post, because it happened to me long time ago. > > [http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366](http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366) > > > > I hope it will work. > > > > Fatih. > > > > On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Ben McCann [benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > When I try to install a plugin, elasticsearch tells me that it is successful, but it actually is not. > > > > > > $ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --install richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 > > > -\> Installing richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1... > > > Trying [http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip)... > > > Downloading .................DONE > > > Installed richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 into /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > > > > > $ sudo ls /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > > ls: cannot access /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb: No such file or directory > > > > > > Any tips on how to get this plugin installed? This seems like a bug in bin/plugin's status reporting for sure. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ben > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > [Ben McCann - Mountain View, California, Connectifier, Carnegie Mellon University | about.me](http://about.me/benmccann) > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > [Ben McCann - Mountain View, California, Connectifier, Carnegie Mellon University | about.me](http://about.me/benmccann) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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Could you try with the --verbose option as well? -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet | @elasticsearchfr | @scrutmydocs Le 11 oct. 2013 à 09:01, Ben McCann [ben@benmccann.com](mailto:ben@benmccann.com) a écrit : > Fatih, That script builds the plugin from source and installs it on your local machine. It's meant to be used by developers of the plugin and not users. (I wrote the script 😉 > > David, thanks for the suggestion. I did use sudo to run it. Even specifying the URL does not work: > sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --url [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip) --install river-mongodb > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:57 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > Both options -install and --install are available. > May be you should run it using sudo? > > Wondering though why it said success at the end. > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > Le 11 oct. 2013 à 08:35, Ben McCann [ben@benmccann.com](mailto:ben@benmccann.com) a écrit : > > > Same thing happened. Thanks for the suggestion though. I'm running 0.90.5, so I think it should be --install > > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Fatih Karatana [fatih@karatana.com](mailto:fatih@karatana.com) wrote: > > Try with -install command. You can check details about this issue on my blog post, because it happened to me long time ago. > > [http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366](http://fatih.karatana.com/elasticsearch-plugin-install/#more-366) > > > > I hope it will work. > > > > Fatih. > > > > On Oct 11, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Ben McCann [benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.j.mccann@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > When I try to install a plugin, elasticsearch tells me that it is successful, but it actually is not. > > > > > > $ sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin --install richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 > > > -\> Installing richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1... > > > Trying [http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://download.elasticsearch.org/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1/elasticsearch-river-mongodb-1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/v1.7.1.zip)... > > > Trying [https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip](https://github.com/richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/archive/master.zip)... > > > Downloading .................DONE > > > Installed richardwilly98/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 into /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > > > > > $ sudo ls /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb > > > ls: cannot access /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/river-mongodb: No such file or directory > > > > > > Any tips on how to get this plugin installed? This seems like a bug in bin/plugin's status reporting for sure. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ben > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > > > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > [Ben McCann - Mountain View, California, Connectifier, Carnegie Mellon University | about.me](http://about.me/benmccann) > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/ndWuJlYDn5w/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > [Ben McCann - Mountain View, California, Connectifier, Carnegie Mellon University | about.me](http://about.me/benmccann) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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Ahh, the --verbose option helped. Turns out I was supposed to do this: sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin -i com.github.richardwilly98.elasticsearch/elasticsearch-river-mongodb/1.7.1 I filed a bug for the bad output from bin/plugin. It took me awhile to even realize I had a problem installing it given the output > Thanks for the help! -Ben -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
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