# Elasticsearch plugin error while installing analysis-icu,zenity and analysis-phonetic

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-error-while-installing-analysis-icu-zenity-and-analysis-phonetic/269237>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 5, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-error-while-installing-analysis-icu-zenity-and-analysis-phonetic/269237 "2021-04-05T13:24:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![ishan2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ishan2/32/90864_2.png) [@ishan2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ishan2)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-error-while-installing-analysis-icu-zenity-and-analysis-phonetic/269237/1 "2021-04-05T13:24:13Z")

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Elastic search plugin error while installing analysis-icu:

```auto
$bin/elasticsearch-plugin install analysis-icu
Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginCli
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginCli

```

I set ES\_CLASSPATH="/elasticsearch-7.12.0/lib/\*" in elasticsearch-env as mentioned in:[java - Elasticsearch: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.JavaVersionChecker - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48818033/elasticsearch-could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-elasticsearch-tools-launche/49225092).  
I am using WINDOWS 10 and java 16 installed and set environment variable to:"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-16\bin".

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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:** [April 6, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-error-while-installing-analysis-icu-zenity-and-analysis-phonetic/269237/2 "2021-04-06T16:09:01Z")

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Welcome!

As you are using Windows, I think that the easiest way to do things is to install following the installation guide.

> **[Install Elasticsearch with Windows MSI Installer | Elasticsearch Guide \[7.12\]...](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/windows.html)**

I think you'd just have to choose the right option then:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/0/40748e5b23cfe51d02a0dd59e3993cbd4fc99ed7.png)

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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:** [May 4, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-error-while-installing-analysis-icu-zenity-and-analysis-phonetic/269237/3 "2021-05-04T16:09:47Z")

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