# Elasticsearch 6.0: how to install license plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin/109455>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 28, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin/109455 "2017-11-28T19:11:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![bradley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bradley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bradley)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 7:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin/109455/1 "2017-11-28T19:11:40Z")

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See my question here: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47539110/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47539110/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin)

I can't seem to install the license plugin from the guide. It is not clear from the documentation what ES\_HOME is.

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**Author:** ![mujtabahussain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mujtabahussain/32/17514_2.png) [@mujtabahussain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mujtabahussain)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin/109455/2 "2017-11-28T21:06:13Z")

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Say you download the tar file containing elasticsearch in a directory called `/usr/share/src/`. You unzip it and the directory structure becomes `/usr/share/src/elasticsearch-6.0.0`. That would be your `ES_HOME`.

So if you were to set your ES\_HOME variable in your environment, it would be

```bash
export ES_HOME=/usr/share/src/elasticsearch-6.0.0

```

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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:** [November 28, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin/109455/3 "2017-11-28T21:09:51Z")

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If you have X-Pack installed it includes the license functionality, there is no separate plugin these days.

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**Author:** ![bradley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@bradley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bradley)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin/109455/4 "2017-11-28T22:04:21Z")

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Yup, I missed the note at the top of the page. Thanks!

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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:** [December 26, 2017, 10:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-0-how-to-install-license-plugin/109455/5 "2017-12-26T22:04:51Z")

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