# Install specific plugin version

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-specific-plugin-version/1407>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [May 27, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-specific-plugin-version/1407 "2015-05-27T16:10:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rectalogic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rectalogic/32/44827_2.png) [@rectalogic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rectalogic)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-specific-plugin-version/1407/1 "2015-05-27T16:10:05Z")

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How do I install a specific version of a plugin? `plugin install --version` fails because the plugin is locked at an older version. Uninstalling and then installing also fails.

I'm using logstash 1.5.0 from the deb repository:

```auto
$ dpkg -s logstash
Package: logstash
Status: install ok installed
Priority: extra
Section: default
Installed-Size: 130082
Maintainer: <jenkins@metal4.elasticsearch.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 1:1.5.0-1
Depends: logrotate
Conffiles:
 /etc/default/logstash 399f19c4d762840a36f6bc056c3739b8
 /etc/init.d/logstash 34a18dfa4c5e7dc78e622f937c39d28d
 /etc/logrotate.d/logstash 38425b942183178628577e120c95035d
Description: An extensible logging pipeline
License: Apache 2.0
Vendor: Elasticsearch
Homepage: http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/logstash/

```

Installing a specific version fails:

```auto
$ sudo /opt/logstash/bin/plugin install --version 0.2.5 logstash-output-elasticsearch
Validating logstash-output-elasticsearch-0.2.5
Installing logstash-output-elasticsearch
Plugin not found, aborting
ERROR: Installation Aborted, message: You have requested:
  logstash-output-elasticsearch = 0.2.5

The bundle currently has logstash-output-elasticsearch locked at 0.2.4.
Try running `bundle update logstash-output-elasticsearch`

```

Uninstalling and then again installing the required version also fails:

```auto
$ sudo /opt/logstash/bin/plugin uninstall logstash-output-elasticsearch
Uninstalling logstash-output-elasticsearch

$ sudo /opt/logstash/bin/plugin install --version 0.2.5 logstash-output-elasticsearch
Validating logstash-output-elasticsearch-0.2.5
Installing logstash-output-elasticsearch
Plugin not found, aborting
ERROR: Installation Aborted, message: You have requested:
  logstash-output-elasticsearch = 0.2.5

The bundle currently has logstash-output-elasticsearch locked at 0.2.4.
Try running `bundle update logstash-output-elasticsearch`

```

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**Author:** ![suyograo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/suyograo/32/44898_2.png) [@suyograo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/suyograo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-specific-plugin-version/1407/2 "2015-05-28T01:16:30Z")

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> [@rectalogic](#):
>
> plugin install --version fails

Tracking it here: [Install specific version of plugin fails · Issue #3334 · elastic/logstash · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/logstash/issues/3334)

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-specific-plugin-version/1407/3 "2017-07-06T05:39:12Z")

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