# Logstash v5 installing filter-multiline plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-v5-installing-filter-multiline-plugin/58523>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [August 21, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-v5-installing-filter-multiline-plugin/58523 "2016-08-21T07:35:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![gilisade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gilisade/32/98740_2.png) [@gilisade](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gilisade)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-v5-installing-filter-multiline-plugin/58523/1 "2016-08-21T07:35:46Z")

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hi  
i'm trying on my Test environment tne new elastic stack v5  
when updating logstash i got the error message that the logstash-filter-multiline plugin is not built-in any more  
i downloded from git-hub the plugin (manually)  
now i'm trying to install the plugin on my **offline** machine  
the procedure i've found online were really complecated  
can anyone simplify it for me  
what are the steps i need to do in order to install this plugin ?  
thank you!

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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:** [August 21, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-v5-installing-filter-multiline-plugin/58523/2 "2016-08-21T08:41:01Z")

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The multiline filter plugin has been deprecated. It is recommended to switch to the [multiline codec plugin](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/5.0/plugins-codecs-multiline.html) instead. If you are using FileBeat you can also perform the multiline processing there.

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**Author:** ![gilisade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gilisade/32/98740_2.png) [@gilisade](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gilisade)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-v5-installing-filter-multiline-plugin/58523/3 "2016-08-21T08:59:21Z")

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Hi , thanks for your reply ,  
But multiline as a codec in the input has been known to cause some issues (not reading the last line and so ) that's why i used it as a filter  
Do you know if this issues were fixed ?

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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, 4:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-v5-installing-filter-multiline-plugin/58523/4 "2017-07-06T04:42:26Z")

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