# Trouble installing Elasticsearch plugin
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-installing-elasticsearch-plugin/24670
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 30, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-installing-elasticsearch-plugin/24670 "2015-06-30T23:41:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@vilas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vilas)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-installing-elasticsearch-plugin/24670/1 "2015-06-30T23:41:43Z")
Hi,
Everytime I try to install plugin from zip file, it fails with different errors.
So, I manually extract plugin to plugins folder.
I am trying to use **readonlyrest** plugin: [https://github.com/sscarduzio/elasticsearch-readonlyrest-plugin](https://github.com/sscarduzio/elasticsearch-readonlyrest-plugin)
But I get following error:
```auto
C:\Tools\elasticsearch-1.5.2>bin\plugin.bat --url file://C:\PVR\Downloads\elasticsearch-readonlyrest-v1.3_es-v1.5.2.zip --install readonlyrest
-> Installing readonlyrest...
Trying file://C:/PVR/Downloads/elasticsearch-readonlyrest-v1.3_es-v1.5.2.zip...
Failed: UnknownHostException[C]
Trying https://github.com/null/readonlyrest/archive/master.zip...
Failed to install readonlyrest, reason: failed to download out of all possible locations..., use --verbose to get detailed information
```
Request you to please suggest how to resolve this.
Or any manual method to install it.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2015, 7:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-installing-elasticsearch-plugin/24670/2 "2015-07-01T07:40:48Z")
Try:
```auto
bin\plugin.bat --url file:/PVR/Downloads/elasticsearch-readonlyrest-v1.3_es-v1.5.2.zip --install readonlyrest
```
If not working, create a plugins/readonlyrest dir in your es dir and unzip the zip content there.
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### Author:  [@vilas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vilas)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-installing-elasticsearch-plugin/24670/3 "2015-07-01T15:41:17Z")
Thanks @dadoonet The command worked.
But when I start the Elasticsearch now, I get the following error.
```auto
{1.5.2}: Initialization Failed ...
1) NoSuchMethodError[org.elasticsearch.rest.BaseRestHandler.(Lorg/elasticsearch/common/settings/Settings;Lorg/elasticsearch/client/Client;)V]
```
I assume this plugin is causing some issue. Any suggestions.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-installing-elasticsearch-plugin/24670/4 "2015-07-01T16:00:09Z")
Might not be compatible with this version...
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### Author:  [@vilas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vilas)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-installing-elasticsearch-plugin/24670/5 "2015-07-01T17:09:26Z")
Yes. It seems so.
Plugin is available for different versions. **1.5.x plugin version _failed_ with Elasticsearch 1.5.2**
But the **1.4.x plugin version _worked_ with Elasticsearch 1.4.1**
I wonder if others facing the issue with 1.5.x plugin too.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/trouble-installing-elasticsearch-plugin/24670/6 "2017-07-06T00:04:08Z")