# Elasticsearch Curator not install with Error
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-not-install-with-error/118562
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 6, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-not-install-with-error/118562 "2018-02-06T06:49:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@omid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omid)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-not-install-with-error/118562/1 "2018-02-06T06:49:25Z")
im would install Elasticsearch Curator ...
but error
im step by step with this link
> **[Removing Old Records for Logstash / Elasticsearch / Kibana](http://www.ragingcomputer.com/2014/02/removing-old-records-for-logstash-elasticsearch-kibana)**
>
> Edit: This post is pretty old and Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana have evolved a lot since it was written. Part 4 of 4 - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 Now that you've got all your logs flying through logstash into elasticsearch, how to remove old records...
and install " **sudo apt-get install python-pip**" success !
but **not** install " **pip install elasticsearch-curator**"
When I get this command, I get this error
```
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 209, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 317, in run
requirement_set.prepare_files(finder)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 360, in prepare_files
ignore_dependencies=self.ignore_dependencies))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 512, in _prepare_file
finder, self.upgrade, require_hashes)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 273, in populate_link
self.link = finder.find_requirement(self, upgrade)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/index.py", line 442, in find_requirement
all_candidates = self.find_all_candidates(req.name)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/index.py", line 400, in find_all_candidates
for page in self._get_pages(url_locations, project_name):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/index.py", line 545, in _get_pages
page = self._get_page(location)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/index.py", line 648, in _get_page
return HTMLPage.get_page(link, session=self.session)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/index.py", line 757, in get_page
"Cache-Control": "max-age=600",
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/requests-2.9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/requests/sessions.py", line 480, in get
return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/download.py", line 378, in request
return super(PipSession, self).request(method, url, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/requests-2.9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/requests/sessions.py", line 468, in request
resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/requests-2.9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/requests/sessions.py", line 576, in send
r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/CacheControl-0.11.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl/cachecontrol/adapter.py", line 46, in send
resp = super(CacheControlAdapter, self).send(request, **kw)
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/requests-2.9.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/requests/adapters.py", line 376, in send
timeout=timeout
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/urllib3-1.13.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 610, in urlopen
_stacktrace=sys.exc_info()[2])
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/urllib3-1.13.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl/urllib3/util/retry.py", line 228, in increment
total -= 1
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for -=: 'Retry' and 'int'
```
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### Author:  [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-not-install-with-error/118562/2 "2018-02-06T06:57:21Z")
Why are you using a blog post that is 4 years old instead of the [official installation guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/installation.html)?
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### Author:  [@omid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omid)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-not-install-with-error/118562/3 "2018-02-06T07:11:17Z")
thanks, my problem fixed .
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-not-install-with-error/118562/4 "2018-03-06T07:11:19Z")
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