# Installing header on ES throwing error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 11, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941 "2016-04-11T05:31:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![chichu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@chichu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chichu)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/1 "2016-04-11T05:31:59Z")

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Command i run  
bin/plugin -url [http://file/hed.zip](http://file/hed.zip) --install head  
ERROR: unknown command [elasticsearch-head-master.zip]. Use [-h] option to list available commands

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/2 "2016-04-11T05:33:53Z")

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Are you trying to install the head plugin from a specific URL?

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**Author:** ![chichu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@chichu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chichu)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/3 "2016-04-11T05:39:38Z")

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yes i am trying to install from specific url for elastic search version2.3.1

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/4 "2016-04-11T05:42:41Z")

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I think your syntax is wrong - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.3/installation.html#\_custom\_url\_or\_file\_system](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.3/installation.html#_custom_url_or_file_system)

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**Author:** ![chichu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@chichu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chichu)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/5 "2016-04-11T05:52:45Z")

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Same command is working but getting this error N  
NOTE: Unable to verify checksum for downloaded plugin (unable to find .sha1 or .md5 file to verify)  
ERROR: Could not find plugin descriptor 'plugin-descriptor.properties' in plugin zip

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/6 "2016-04-11T05:53:33Z")

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You will need to ask the author of that plugin, sorry!

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/7 "2016-04-11T06:01:49Z")

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BTW site plugins won't be supported anymore in 5.0

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**Author:** ![chichu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@chichu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chichu)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/8 "2016-04-11T06:35:53Z")

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Not able to get you, you mean to say it wont support url download ?

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/9 "2016-04-11T07:17:40Z")

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It won't support plugins like head.

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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 5, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-header-on-es-throwing-error/46941/10 "2017-07-05T23:00:49Z")

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