# Elasticsearch refuses to run

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-run/148945>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 18, 2018, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-run/148945 "2018-09-18T09:19:05Z")\
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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:** [September 18, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-refuses-to-run/148945/13 "2018-09-18T09:54:49Z")

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Just `rm -rf` the directory you extracted.

Also, ideally, you should setup the repo, not just download the RPM. That way you are setup to allow easy upgrades as well.

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