# Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/opensearch/plugins/.installing-14951488260501941891/plugin-descriptor.properties

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**Category:** OpenSearch Dashboards\
**Tags:** troubleshoot, configure, install\
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-nosuchfileexception-usr-share-opensearch-plugins-installing-14951488260501941891-plugin-descriptor-properties/15838 "2023-09-11T07:20:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![iamahmadpk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8c91f0/32.png) [@iamahmadpk](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/iamahmadpk)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-nosuchfileexception-usr-share-opensearch-plugins-installing-14951488260501941891-plugin-descriptor-properties/15838/1 "2023-09-11T07:20:02Z")

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_ **Kindly, guide me to resolve this issue** _  
sudo ./bin/opensearch-plugin install file:///path/to/Downloads/wazuh-kibana-app-4.5.2-2.6.0.zip  
 → Installing file:///path/to/Downloads/wazuh-kibana-app-4.5.2-2.6.0.zip  
 → Downloading file:///home/path/to/Downloads/wazuh-kibana-app-4.5.2-2.6.0.zip  
[=================================================] 100%  
 → Failed installing file:///path/to/Downloads/wazuh-kibana-app-4.5.2-2.6.0.zip  
 → Rolling back file:///path/to/Downloads/wazuh-kibana-app-4.5.2-2.6.0.zip  
 → Rolled back file:///path/to/Downloads/wazuh-kibana-app-4.5.2-2.6.0.zip  
Exception in thread “main” java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/opensearch/plugins/.installing-14951488260501941891/plugin-descriptor.properties  
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:92)  
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:106)  
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)  
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:218)  
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:380)  
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:432)  
at java.base/java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:422)  
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:160)  
at org.opensearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:201)  
at org.opensearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.loadPluginInfo(InstallPluginCommand.java:816)  
at org.opensearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.installPlugin(InstallPluginCommand.java:875)  
at org.opensearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.execute(InstallPluginCommand.java:275)  
at org.opensearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.execute(InstallPluginCommand.java:249)  
at org.opensearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:104)  
at org.opensearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:138)  
at org.opensearch.cli.MultiCommand.execute(MultiCommand.java:104)  
at org.opensearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:138)  
at org.opensearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:101)  
at org.opensearch.plugins.PluginCli.main(PluginCli.java:60)

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**Author:** ![gaobinlong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/gaobinlong/32/5242_2.png) [@gaobinlong](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/gaobinlong)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-nosuchfileexception-usr-share-opensearch-plugins-installing-14951488260501941891-plugin-descriptor-properties/15838/2 "2023-09-11T08:47:08Z")

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The plugin zip file must contains a file named `plugin-descriptor.properties`, you can check that.

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**Author:** ![iamahmadpk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8c91f0/32.png) [@iamahmadpk](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/iamahmadpk)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-nosuchfileexception-usr-share-opensearch-plugins-installing-14951488260501941891-plugin-descriptor-properties/15838/3 "2023-09-11T09:04:10Z")

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@gaobinlong zip file didn’t contain that file, can you guide me how i can resolve this. I have tried to create this file manually and add some content to it but it didn’t work

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**Author:** ![gaobinlong](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/gaobinlong/32/5242_2.png) [@gaobinlong](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/gaobinlong)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2023, 9:12am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/exception-in-thread-main-java-nio-file-nosuchfileexception-usr-share-opensearch-plugins-installing-14951488260501941891-plugin-descriptor-properties/15838/4 "2023-09-11T09:12:10Z")

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You can refer this: [https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-plugins/blob/main/BUILDING.md#developing-new-plugins-for-opensearch](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-plugins/blob/main/BUILDING.md#developing-new-plugins-for-opensearch)