# How to install a plugin in qiime 2 docker container

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846
**Category:** Technical Support
**Created:** [November 8, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846 "2018-11-08T01:08:40Z")
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### Author: ![Lennon\_Lee](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/lennon_lee/32/6895_2.png) [@Lennon\_Lee](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Lennon_Lee)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846/1 "2018-11-08T01:08:40Z")

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One more question, I installed my QIIME2 by docker, can I install the plugin in docker as well?

Thank for your patience

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### Author: ![Nicholas\_Bokulich](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/nicholas_bokulich/32/19937_2.png) [@Nicholas\_Bokulich](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Nicholas_Bokulich)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846/2 "2018-11-08T13:45:30Z")

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### Author: ![elsa](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/elsa/32/3158_2.png) [@elsa](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/elsa)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846/3 "2018-11-08T16:23:57Z")

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I believe you can achieve that by editing the Dockerfile and building the image yourself. But I can't find it ☹

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### Author: ![elsa](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/elsa/32/3158_2.png) [@elsa](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/elsa)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846/4 "2018-11-08T16:23:58Z")

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[Part 1: Containerize an application | Docker Docs](https://docs.docker.com/get-started/part2/) \<\< this example might be of help.

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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846/5 "2018-11-09T19:01:40Z")

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Check out this thread for some discussion:

> [@Install phyloseq in qiime2 docker container](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/install-phyloseq-in-qiime2-docker-container/2724):
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> Hi, I'm currently trying to install the R package 'phyloseq' in your Qiime2 2017.12 docker container. I have tried using the conda install -c bioconda bioconductor-phyloseq=1.22.3 command. It gives me a list of the dependencies that requires endless installation. I have also tried to install it using these two methods in the R 3.4.1: install.packages("devtools") library("devtools") install\_github("phyloseq", "joey711") library(phyloseq) source("[https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R](https://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R)") biocL…

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### Author: ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846/6 "2018-11-09T19:01:42Z")

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### Author: ![system](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/1/21af5fe23cb6f4579467c66a9ed94e55274ca7bd.svg) [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-in-qiime-2-docker-container/6846/7 "2018-12-11T01:01:44Z")

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