# How to install plugin kibana-plugin-gauge-sg in Kibana5

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271 "2016-12-07T09:42:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![sitanxin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@sitanxin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sitanxin)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/1 "2016-12-07T09:42:07Z")

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Hi All,

I think it maybe a dummy question. But how to install the plugin into kibana5?

> **[sbeyn/kibana-plugin-gauge-sg](https://github.com/sbeyn/kibana-plugin-gauge-sg)**
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> kibana-plugin-gauge-sg - Plugin for Kibana Version 4.x and 5.x

It just mentionthe below steps in wiki:  
Pour les versions de kibana-5.x

```
    $ cd <path>/kibana/plugins
    $ git clone <depot> gauge-sg

```

But after do this, I also restart the kibana 5, but still can't find this new plugin. Would you help on this, please?

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/2 "2016-12-07T19:02:09Z")

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Looks like the plugin's latest code only works with Kibana 5.0.0. If you have Kibana 5.0.2, which is the latest, you should see an error in the console or the Kibana logs when you start Kibana:

```auto
  log [18:53:42.601] [warning] Plugin "gauge_sg" was disabled because it expected Kibana version "5.0.0", and found "5.0.2".

```

You can fix this yourself by editing the `plugins/gauge-sg/package.json` file in the Kibana directory, and change `"version": "5.0.0"` to your exact Kibana patch version.

Once I did that, I see the Gauge option in "Create New Visualization", and I have Kibana 5.0.2:

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/e/e05305525028354c3a21ac7300d11eff148d48e6.png)

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**Author:** ![sitanxin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@sitanxin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sitanxin)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/3 "2016-12-08T01:31:44Z")

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Thanks so much for quick responce. I already fix the package.json, but still can't find it.  
May I know how you install it?

I have already move it to  
/app/kibana-5.0.1-linux-x86\_64/node\_modules/line-sg

But still can't see it.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/b/ba4310471e888bd5309d7e633d7f759396a6d341.png)

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/4 "2016-12-08T16:25:41Z")

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> [@sitanxin](#):
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> I have already move it to  
> /app/kibana-5.0.1-linux-x86\_64/node\_modules/line-sg

The gauge plugin code should be `/app/kibana-5.0.1-linux-x86_64/plugins/gauge-sg`

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**Author:** ![sitanxin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@sitanxin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sitanxin)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/5 "2016-12-09T03:20:36Z")

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Thanks for your detail suggestion. It works fine now. 🙂

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**Author:** ![mgz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@mgz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgz)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/6 "2017-01-03T23:21:04Z")

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How to use the gauge plugin to generate gauge visualization? I find changing the number of gauge level doesn't make it point to the corresponding gauge section

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/7 "2017-01-03T23:27:32Z")

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> [@mgz](#):
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> How to use the gauge plugin to generate gauge visualization? I find changing the number of gauge level doesn't make it point to the corresponding gauge section

It's a third-party plugin, so you'll need to get support from the plugin author if you have any questions on how to use it

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**Author:** ![mgz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@mgz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mgz)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/8 "2017-01-03T23:43:21Z")

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I see. Thanks.

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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:** [January 31, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-plugin-kibana-plugin-gauge-sg-in-kibana5/68271/9 "2017-01-31T23:43:26Z")

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