# Elasticsearch install error: dpkg: error processing package elasticsearch (--install)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-install-error-dpkg-error-processing-package-elasticsearch-install/185098>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 11, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-install-error-dpkg-error-processing-package-elasticsearch-install/185098 "2019-06-11T06:00:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Janith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janith/32/47836_2.png) [@Janith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janith)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-install-error-dpkg-error-processing-package-elasticsearch-install/185098/1 "2019-06-11T06:00:55Z")

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After removing the existing elasticsearch version 6. I got an error in installing elasticsearch version 7.

Here is the error message:  
#dpkg -i elasticsearch-7.1.1-amd64.deb  
(Reading database ... 113568 files and directories currently installed.)  
Preparing to unpack elasticsearch-7.1.1-amd64.deb ...  
Unpacking elasticsearch (7.1.1) over (7.1.1) ...  
Setting up elasticsearch (7.1.1) ...  
could not find java in JAVA\_HOME or bundled at /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/bin/java  
dpkg: error processing package elasticsearch (--install):  
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1  
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19.1) ...  
Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.21) ...  
Errors were encountered while processing:  
elasticsearch

can anyone help me on this issue.

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**Author:** ![TsuWeiQuan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsuweiquan/32/46252_2.png) [@TsuWeiQuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TsuWeiQuan)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-install-error-dpkg-error-processing-package-elasticsearch-install/185098/2 "2019-06-11T06:10:52Z")

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Install java 1.8.0 instead of using java 8. The elastic matrix compatibility is shown [here](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix_jvm).

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**Author:** ![Janith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/janith/32/47836_2.png) [@Janith](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Janith)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-install-error-dpkg-error-processing-package-elasticsearch-install/185098/3 "2019-06-13T11:25:54Z")

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Thank you @TsuWeiQuan

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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:** [July 11, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-install-error-dpkg-error-processing-package-elasticsearch-install/185098/4 "2019-07-11T11:25:57Z")

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