# Plugin installation on Elastic 5.5

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-on-elastic-5-5/98056>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 23, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-on-elastic-5-5/98056 "2017-08-23T11:02:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kumar\_Narottam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumar_narottam/32/18959_2.png) [@Kumar\_Narottam](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kumar_Narottam)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-on-elastic-5-5/98056/1 "2017-08-23T11:02:02Z")

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I have installed elastic 5.5 via debian package. Plugin installation has become a night mare in elastic 5.5.

I am going to usr/share/elasticsearch/bin$ to access by elasticsearch-plugin executable file, but it does not work.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/0/406e162bf77aeed8ceca6456b68718cdfcbab236.png)

Can some one please suggest how to install elastic search plugins like marvel and kibana.

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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 23, 2017, 11:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-on-elastic-5-5/98056/2 "2017-08-23T11:07:35Z")

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Starting with Elasticsearch 5.0, Monitoring is included in X-Pack and Marvel is no longer available as a separate plugin. Kibana is now a stand-alone application and not an Elasticsearch plugin.

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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:** [September 20, 2017, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-on-elastic-5-5/98056/3 "2017-09-20T11:08:11Z")

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