# Can we still install plugins using \<group\_id\>/\<artifact\_id\>/\<version\> from maven?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-still-install-plugins-using-group-id-artifact-id-version-from-maven/88686>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 8, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-still-install-plugins-using-group-id-artifact-id-version-from-maven/88686 "2017-06-08T08:46:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ddmichael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ddmichael/32/17212_2.png) [@ddmichael](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ddmichael)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-still-install-plugins-using-group-id-artifact-id-version-from-maven/88686/1 "2017-06-08T08:46:27Z")

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I'm trying to install a plugin as bin/elasticsearch-plugin install \<group\_id\>/\<artifact\_id\>/ and I'm getting an "Uknown plugin" error. This used to work for me with older versions. Are there any changes around this installation way?

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**Author:** ![rjernst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rjernst/32/6363_2.png) [@rjernst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rjernst)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-still-install-plugins-using-group-id-artifact-id-version-from-maven/88686/2 "2017-06-08T19:25:19Z")

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There used to be a lot of ways to specify plugin locations to install from. This was cleaned up in 5.0. The current syntax for maven uses the maven coordinates syntax, which would be:

`bin/elasticsearch-plugin install groupId:artifactId:version`

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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 6, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-we-still-install-plugins-using-group-id-artifact-id-version-from-maven/88686/3 "2017-07-06T19:25:39Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 7:25pm UTC

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