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page_title: Plugin installation
page_description: Plugin installation for Grafana
page_keywords: grafana, plugins, documentation
---
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# Installing plugins
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The easiest way to install plugins is by using the CLI tool grafana-cli which is bundled with grafana. Before any modification take place after modifying plugins, grafana-server needs to be restarted.
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### Grafana plugin directory
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On Linux systems the grafana-cli will assume that the grafana plugin directory is `/var/lib/grafana/plugins` . It's possible to override the directory which grafana-cli will operate on by specifying the --path flag. On Windows systems this parameter have to be specified for every call.
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### Grafana-cli commands
List available plugins
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```
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grafana-cli plugins list-remote
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```
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Install a plugin type
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```
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grafana-cli plugins install < plugin-id >
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```
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List installed plugins
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```
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grafana-cli plugins ls
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```
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Upgrade all installed plugins
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```
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grafana-cli plugins upgrade-all
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```
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Upgrade one plugin
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```
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grafana-cli plugins upgrade < plugin-id >
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```
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Remove one plugin
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```
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grafana-cli plugins remove < plugin-id >
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```
