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description: |
  The "plugin" command groups subcommands for interacting with
  Packer's plugin and the plugin catalog.
page_title: plugins Command
---

# `plugins`

The `plugins` command groups subcommands for interacting with Packers' plugins.

```shell-session
$ packer plugins -h
Usage: packer plugins <subcommand> [options] [args]
  This command groups subcommands for interacting with Packer plugins.

Related but not under the "plugins" command :

- "packer init <path>" will install all plugins required by a config.

Subcommands:
    install      Install latest Packer plugin [matching version constraint]
    installed    List all installed Packer plugin binaries
    remove       Remove Packer plugins [matching a version]
    required     List plugins required by a config
```

## Related

- [`packer init`](/packer/docs/commands/init) will install all required plugins.