# Permission denied X-pack not installing

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-x-pack-not-installing/132346>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 17, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-x-pack-not-installing/132346 "2018-05-17T13:39:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![applicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@applicate](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/applicate)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-x-pack-not-installing/132346/1 "2018-05-17T13:39:27Z")

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Lenovo-G50-80:/usr/share/elasticsearch$ bin/elasticsearch-plugin install x-pack  
bin/elasticsearch-env: line 70: /etc/default/elasticsearch: Permission denied

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**Author:** ![demis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/demis/32/25979_2.png) [@demis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/demis)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-x-pack-not-installing/132346/2 "2018-05-18T14:52:35Z")

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Which version of Elasticsearch are you using?  
How did you install Elasticsearch? tarball or debian/rpm package?)

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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:** [June 15, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/permission-denied-x-pack-not-installing/132346/3 "2018-06-15T14:52:44Z")

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