# \[ES7.0.1\] NoSuchFileException "plugin-descriptor.properties" when installing plugin "siren-federate-6.8.0-10.2.4.zip". Please advice how to get rid of this error

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 24, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es7-0-1-nosuchfileexception-plugin-descriptor-properties-when-installing-plugin-siren-federate-6-8-0-10-2-4-zip-please-advice-how-to-get-rid-of-this-error/191929 "2019-07-24T01:32:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![cheriemilk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cheriemilk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cheriemilk)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es7-0-1-nosuchfileexception-plugin-descriptor-properties-when-installing-plugin-siren-federate-6-8-0-10-2-4-zip-please-advice-how-to-get-rid-of-this-error/191929/1 "2019-07-24T01:32:13Z")

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Hi Team,

I am using below command to install plug in "siren":  
`

> elasticsearch-plugin install file:///C:/swinstall/siren-federate-6.8.0-10.2.4.zip

`

But I got following exception, how to get rid of this error and make the plug-in installed successfully?

> ```
> Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: C:\elkstack\elasticsearch-7.0.1-windows-x86_64\elasticsearch-7.0.1\plugins\.installing-3430737419288821434\plugin-descriptor.properties
> at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.translateToIOException(WindowsException.java:79)
> at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:97)
> at sun.nio.fs.WindowsException.rethrowAsIOException(WindowsException.java:102)
> at sun.nio.fs.WindowsFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(WindowsFileSystemProvider.java:230)
> at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361)
> at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407)
> at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384)
> at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152)
> at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:156)
> at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.loadPluginInfo(InstallPluginCommand.java:714)
> at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.installPlugin(InstallPluginCommand.java:793)
> at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.install(InstallPluginCommand.java:776)
> at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.execute(InstallPluginCommand.java:231)
> at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.execute(InstallPluginCommand.java:216)
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86)
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124)
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.MultiCommand.execute(MultiCommand.java:77)
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124)
> at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90)
> at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginCli.main(PluginCli.java:47)
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es7-0-1-nosuchfileexception-plugin-descriptor-properties-when-installing-plugin-siren-federate-6-8-0-10-2-4-zip-please-advice-how-to-get-rid-of-this-error/191929/2 "2019-07-25T05:49:23Z")

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It looks like you are trying to install a plugin for version 6.8.0 on a 7.0.1 cluster, which could very well be the issue. Try installing on a 6.8.0 cluster or get the correct version of the plugin.

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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:** [August 22, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es7-0-1-nosuchfileexception-plugin-descriptor-properties-when-installing-plugin-siren-federate-6-8-0-10-2-4-zip-please-advice-how-to-get-rid-of-this-error/191929/3 "2019-08-22T06:01:15Z")

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