# Helm install error (chart.yaml not found)

**URL:** <https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/helm-install-error-chart-yaml-not-found/19713>\
**Category:** Vault\
**Tags:** k8s\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/helm-install-error-chart-yaml-not-found/19713 "2021-01-14T02:57:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![elainedavid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/elainedavid/32/16440_2.png) [@elainedavid](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/elainedavid)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/helm-install-error-chart-yaml-not-found/19713/1 "2021-01-14T02:57:26Z")

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Hi,

I’m trying to install Vault using the Helm chart provided in [GitHub - hashicorp/vault-helm: Helm chart to install Vault and other associated components.](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-helm). However, after adding the hashicorp repo to Helm, I get an error when running the helm install command, i.e. with and without explicit version number:

eladavid$ helm install vault hashicorp/vault  
Error: Chart.yaml file is missing

eladavid$ helm install vault hashicorp/vault --version 0.9.0  
Error: Chart.yaml file is missing

I’m able to install other Helm charts (i.e. nginx), so it doesn’t seem like the issue is Helm. I’ve downloaded the package contents from the official hub ([vault 0.9.0 · helm/hashicorp](https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/hashicorp/vault?modal=install)), and I do see a Chart.yaml file. Anything else I might be missing?

Thanks,  
Elaine

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**Author:** ![aram535](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/aram535/32/13692_2.png) [@aram535](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/aram535)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/helm-install-error-chart-yaml-not-found/19713/2 "2021-01-14T23:52:09Z")

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The source of the helm is in github … [GitHub - hashicorp/vault-helm: Helm chart to install Vault and other associated components.](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-helm)  
Chart.yaml is in the root of the repository but I would just clone the repository from here and add in your local.yaml file to override anything you need from local rather than pointing to the remote.