# How to install kibana plugins for windows 8. I am using Kibana 6 version **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [March 14, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969 "2018-03-14T17:55:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jason\_smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/1 "2018-03-14T17:55:08Z")
I tried looking around. But I couldn't find steps to install the plugins. at the moment I don't have Tilemap visualization. I looked at the following link and couldn't find commands for windows. [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/\_installing\_plugins.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/_installing_plugins.html) thank you ---
**Author:** ![richl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/richl/32/28946_2.png) [@richl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/richl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 6:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/2 "2018-03-14T18:59:45Z")
If you are using Powershell try the following command: Invoke-Expression –command “_D:\ ELK\Kabana_\bin\kibana-plugin install _package name_” but you'll need to change the italic marked items to match your directory path. ---
**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/3 "2018-03-14T19:05:19Z")
Hi, Also Tilemap is called co-ordinate map in the visualizations. and it ships with base Kibana OSS package as part of visualize. Let me know if that doesn't help? Thanks, Bhavya ---
**Author:** ![jason\_smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/4 "2018-03-14T19:21:54Z")
Thank You for the reply. I realized that. But how to install any plugin in windows 8? I am using ELK 6.0 version. I tried the following command at command prompt window. It throws an error saying "plugin" is unknown command. ``` C:\ELK\kibana-6.2.2-windows-x86_64\bin\kibana.bat plugin -i sense -u file://"C:\Downloads\ELK Stack\kibana-6.2.2-windows-x86_64\plugins\tagcloud-master.zip" ``` ---
**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/5 "2018-03-15T15:13:49Z")
Hi. Tag cloud is a type of visualization in Kibana. What does the tagcloud-master plugin do? These are plugin documents: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-plugins.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/kibana-plugins.html) which has all the details. May be check it out and see if that solves your problem? Thanks, Bhavya ---
**Author:** ![jason\_smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/6 "2018-03-15T15:47:34Z")
I looked it already. It doesn't give command to install on windows. It has command to install on Linux. ---
**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/7 "2018-03-15T16:24:13Z")
Does this work? /c/windowsInstalls/5.6.9/kibana/bin/kibana-plugin.bat install file:///C:/vagrant/qa/x-pack-5.6.9-SNAPSHOT.zip ---
**Author:** ![jason\_smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jason\_smith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jason_smith)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/8 "2018-03-15T17:10:35Z")
> [@bhavyarm](#): > > kibana-plugin.bat install file:///C:/vagrant/qa/x-pack-5.6.9-SNAPSHOT.zip It says "unknow command" install ---
**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/9 "2018-03-15T17:16:15Z")
Can you copy and paste here the exact command you're running and the output? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-kibana-plugins-for-windows-8-i-am-using-kibana-6-version/123969/10 "2018-04-12T17:16:44Z")
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