{"version":"2.1.282","anchor":"plugin-install-can-replace-an-installed-copy-replace-option","canonical_anchor":"plugin-install-can-replace-an-installed-copy-replace-option","heading":"Plugin install can now pass a request to replace an already installed copy","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.282\/e\/plugin-install-can-replace-an-installed-copy-replace-option","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.282","markdown":"### Plugin install can now pass a request to replace an already installed copy\n\nThe command-line plugin install path can now tell the installer to replace a copy of the plugin that is already installed\n\n**Unclear.** The name of the command-line option that turns this on is not confirmed.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin is an add-on package that brings extra skills, commands or other features into Claude Code. When you install one from the command line with `claude plugin install`, Claude Code now passes a \"replace\" choice to the installer. That choice tells the installer whether to replace a copy of the plugin that is already installed. This step was not part of the install path before.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis may let a plugin install overwrite a copy that was installed earlier, possibly one that came from a different marketplace (a catalogue that plugins are installed from).\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Names: `claude plugin install`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}