# E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 21, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/e-sub-process-usr-bin-dpkg-returned-an-error-code-1/116380 "2018-01-21T11:02:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ali\_znzd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@Ali\_znzd](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ali_znzd)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/e-sub-process-usr-bin-dpkg-returned-an-error-code-1/116380/1 "2018-01-21T11:02:21Z")
I was trying to uninstall elasticsearch and reinstall it. when I remove it with below command it was showing following error. $ apt-get --purge autoremove elasticsearch Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: elasticsearch\* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 2 not upgraded. After this operation, 30.5 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 37152 files and directories currently installed.) Removing elasticsearch (2.4.5) ... Stopping elasticsearch service...Failed to issue method call: Unit elasticsearch.service not loaded. dpkg: error processing package elasticsearch (--purge): subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 5 NOT starting on installation, please execute the following statements to configure elasticsearch service to start automatically using systemd sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable elasticsearch.service You can start elasticsearch service by executing sudo systemctl start elasticsearch.service Errors were encountered while processing: \*\* elasticsearch\*\* E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 11:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/e-sub-process-usr-bin-dpkg-returned-an-error-code-1/116380/2 "2018-02-18T11:02:30Z")
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