# X-pack installation in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-in-elasticsearch/95808>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 4, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-installation-in-elasticsearch/95808 "2017-08-04T04:27:43Z")\
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Try using forward slashes in the `file:` URLs, for example:

```auto
.\elasticsearch-plugin.bat install file:///x-pack-5.5.0.zip

```

That's on the assumption that the zip file is in the root directory of the same drive as the Elasticsearch installation. If it was on my desktop and I had Elasticsearch installed on the C: drive then I'd use:

```auto
.\elasticsearch-plugin.bat install file:///Users/dave/Desktop/x-pack-5.5.0.zip

```

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