# Error in Installing Kibana5 Plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-installing-kibana5-plugin/80149>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [March 27, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-installing-kibana5-plugin/80149 "2017-03-27T14:38:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 27, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-in-installing-kibana5-plugin/80149/2 "2017-03-27T14:53:02Z")

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The structure of the plugin is very very sensitive:

> [@Kibana 5.2 Plugin Installs](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-5-2-plugin-installs/77017/3):
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> The structure of the plugin is very sensitive. The "plugin-helpers" project has been recently updated to agree with the sensitive structure. I'm not sure what version you are running in any case but it's worth checking out.

The "plugin-helpers" will get the zip file you are messing with in proper order, that is if you are building a custom plugin. I believe the structure needs a `/kibana/plugin-name` inside the zip file.

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