# Can't install elasticsearch in Ubuntu 16.04

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-install-elasticsearch-in-ubuntu-16-04/158123>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 26, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-install-elasticsearch-in-ubuntu-16-04/158123 "2018-11-26T07:04:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Altiano\_Gerung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/altiano_gerung/32/38040_2.png) [@Altiano\_Gerung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Altiano_Gerung)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-install-elasticsearch-in-ubuntu-16-04/158123/1 "2018-11-26T07:04:59Z")

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I can't install elastic search via the package manager or manually download it.

I got this error when installing:  
Preparing to unpack elasticsearch-6.5.1.deb ...  
dpkg: error processing archive elasticsearch-6.5.1.deb (--install):  
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1  
Errors were encountered while processing:  
elasticsearch-6.5.1.deb

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-install-elasticsearch-in-ubuntu-16-04/158123/2 "2018-11-26T07:21:48Z")

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Do you have java installed?

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**Author:** ![Altiano\_Gerung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/altiano_gerung/32/38040_2.png) [@Altiano\_Gerung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Altiano_Gerung)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-install-elasticsearch-in-ubuntu-16-04/158123/3 "2018-11-26T12:49:45Z")

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Oh you're right..  
I thought that it will install java automatically  
Not what I was expecting..  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-install-elasticsearch-in-ubuntu-16-04/158123/5 "2018-12-24T13:07:54Z")

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