# Getting error while installing Sense in Kabana

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-installing-sense-in-kabana/120818
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 21, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-installing-sense-in-kabana/120818 "2018-02-21T10:54:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![prateeksethvns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@prateeksethvns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prateeksethvns)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-installing-sense-in-kabana/120818/1 "2018-02-21T10:54:21Z")

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Getting below error while trying to install Sense in Kabana

[root@quickstart kibana-6.2.2-linux-x86\_64]# ./bin/kibana-plugin install [https://download.elastic.co/elastic/sense/sense-latest.tar.gz](https://download.elastic.co/elastic/sense/sense-latest.tar.gz)  
Attempting to transfer from [https://download.elastic.co/elastic/sense/sense-latest.tar.gz](https://download.elastic.co/elastic/sense/sense-latest.tar.gz)  
Transferring 1386775 bytes....................  
Transfer complete  
Retrieving metadata from plugin archive  
Error: end of central directory record signature not found  
at /home/cloudera/Downloads/kibana-6.2.2-linux-x86\_64/node\_modules/yauzl/index.js:179:14  
at /home/cloudera/Downloads/kibana-6.2.2-linux-x86\_64/node\_modules/yauzl/index.js:539:5  
at /home/cloudera/Downloads/kibana-6.2.2-linux-x86\_64/node\_modules/fd-slicer/index.js:32:7  
at FSReqWrap.wrapper [as oncomplete] (fs.js:683:17)  
Plugin installation was unsuccessful due to error "Error retrieving metadata from plugin archive"

I am not using any proxy. Have already downloaded Sense offline but while installing I am encountering this error.  
P.S. I have to use Kabana 6.2 since I am using Elastic Search 6.2.

Can anyone please guide me on this?

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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: [February 21, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-installing-sense-in-kabana/120818/2 "2018-02-21T11:23:14Z")

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Sense is bundled with Kibana by default and do not need to be installed separately. It is available under `Dev Tools -> Console`.

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### Author: ![prateeksethvns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@prateeksethvns](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/prateeksethvns)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-installing-sense-in-kabana/120818/3 "2018-02-21T11:47:25Z")

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Thanks a lot Christian.

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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: [March 21, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-installing-sense-in-kabana/120818/4 "2018-03-21T11:47:42Z")

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