# Problem with sensu plugin installation under debian 9

**URL:** <https://discourse.sensu.io/t/problem-with-sensu-plugin-installation-under-debian-9/1202>\
**Category:** Sensu Plugins\
**Created:** [June 4, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/problem-with-sensu-plugin-installation-under-debian-9/1202 "2019-06-04T14:24:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![derAngler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@derAngler](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/derAngler)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/problem-with-sensu-plugin-installation-under-debian-9/1202/1 "2019-06-04T14:24:09Z")

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Hello,  
I heard yesterday about the rewritten monitoring software “sensu-go”.  
I immediately set up a virtual machine to test “sensu-go”.  
As operating system I chose debian 9, according to the homepage this is also supported.  
The installation ran without any problems, the backend is running.  
Now I wanted to install plugins for sensu, and here I can’t get any further.  
It is not possible for me to install the sensu-install-tools under debian 9.  
But according to the instructions on your homepage the plugins will be installed with it.  
How can I install the “sensu-intall-tools” for “plugins” under debian 9?  
How else can I install plugins for sensu go under debian 9?  
Unfortunately it didn’t work with “gem” either.  
Anyone have an idea?

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**Author:** ![aaronsachs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/aaronsachs/32/47_2.png) [@aaronsachs](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/aaronsachs)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/problem-with-sensu-plugin-installation-under-debian-9/1202/2 "2019-06-04T14:34:32Z")

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Hi @derAngler,

Can you post the output from attempting to install the plugins? Also, you might consider using assets [https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/5.9/guides/install-check-executables-with-assets/](https://docs.sensu.io/sensu-go/5.9/guides/install-check-executables-with-assets/) for plugins, versus the standard `sensu-install` method, unless you’re finding that the plugin you need doesn’t have an asset listed in [https://bonsai.sensu.io](https://bonsai.sensu.io)

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**Author:** ![derAngler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@derAngler](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/derAngler)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/problem-with-sensu-plugin-installation-under-debian-9/1202/3 "2019-06-04T16:53:57Z")

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I can’t Install the sensu-plugins-ruby package from packagecloud because there is no version working with debian 9.  
And the plugin i want isn’t in the asset listed.

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**Author:** ![aaronsachs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.sensu.io/aaronsachs/32/47_2.png) [@aaronsachs](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/aaronsachs)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/problem-with-sensu-plugin-installation-under-debian-9/1202/4 "2019-06-04T18:09:27Z")

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Hi @derAngler see [https://github.com/sensu/sensu-plugins-omnibus/issues/3](https://github.com/sensu/sensu-plugins-omnibus/issues/3) . This describes the need to have packages available for Debian 8/9.

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**Author:** ![derAngler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@derAngler](https://discourse.sensu.io/u/derAngler)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.sensu.io/t/problem-with-sensu-plugin-installation-under-debian-9/1202/5 "2019-06-04T18:40:40Z")

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So, at this time no chance with debian 9?