# Failed to upgrade on Ubuntu (displaying older version) **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [August 31, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470 "2016-08-31T21:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikesparr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikesparr/32/4619_2.png) [@mikesparr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikesparr)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/1 "2016-08-31T21:47:46Z")
## Problem Logstash upgrade appears to fail with apt package installer. After updating apt sources to latest 2.4 for Logstash, and then performing update and upgrade, it does not appear in upgrade list and says on latest version even though a version check reveals 2.1.1 ## Question Unsure how to verify upgrade to latest version on Ubuntu 14.04.x LTS using apt package installer. I am on ES 2.4.0 and want logstash and plugins to be on latest too. ## Details Check version ``` /opt/logstash/bin/logstash -V logstash 2.1.1 ``` Attempt to install again using package manager ``` sudo apt-get install logstash Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done logstash is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded. ``` Verify using latest sources file for repo ``` sudo cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/packages_elastic_co_logstash_2_4_debian.list deb http://packages.elastic.co/logstash/2.4/debian stable main ``` ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/2 "2016-09-01T03:35:19Z")
What version of the logstash package does dpkg think you have (`dpkg -s logstash`)? ---
**Author:** ![mikesparr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikesparr/32/4619_2.png) [@mikesparr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikesparr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/3 "2016-09-01T16:31:43Z")
``` Package: logstash Status: install ok installed Priority: extra Section: default Installed-Size: 126342 Maintainer: Architecture: all Version: 1:2.1.1-1 Depends: logrotate Conffiles: /etc/default/logstash ac72257cd45e5de8f6799eaa5875bc04 /etc/init.d/logstash 52f375dede199880173ed5c3413b995f /etc/logrotate.d/logstash 610253dfc0c70965bbd9d4698df7f244 Description: An extensible logging pipeline License: Apache 2.0 Vendor: Elasticsearch Homepage: http://www.elasticsearch.org/overview/logstash/ ``` ---
**Author:** ![mikesparr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikesparr/32/4619_2.png) [@mikesparr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikesparr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/4 "2016-09-01T16:33:22Z")
Should I purge on every box and re-run playbooks (Ansible) to install? I am just confused why apt-get update/upgrade after updating sources didn't work. ---
**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/5 "2016-09-01T16:34:43Z")
Okay, so you don't actually have 2.4 then. You _have_ run `apt-get update` I hope? What's the output of `apt-cache showpkg logstash`? ---
**Author:** ![mikesparr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikesparr/32/4619_2.png) [@mikesparr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikesparr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/6 "2016-09-01T16:36:24Z")
``` Package: logstash Versions: 1:2.4.0-1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.elastic.co_logstash_2.4_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages) Description Language: File: /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.elastic.co_logstash_2.4_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages MD5: 2cc8837023e818d510770f6e573a838a 1:2.1.1-1 (/var/lib/dpkg/status) Description Language: File: /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.elastic.co_logstash_2.4_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages MD5: 2cc8837023e818d510770f6e573a838a Reverse Depends: Dependencies: 1:2.4.0-1 - logrotate (0 (null)) 1:2.1.1-1 - logrotate (0 (null)) Provides: 1:2.4.0-1 - 1:2.1.1-1 - Reverse Provides: ``` ---
**Author:** ![mikesparr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikesparr/32/4619_2.png) [@mikesparr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikesparr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/7 "2016-09-01T16:40:52Z")
I perform a purge and have to manually delete 4 directories. Thereafter the older version disappears from the cache? Yes, I have done apt-get updates/upgrades and was expected this to update along with the ES/Beats updates as we update the pinned versions and sources. I only found out yesterday this was not updating like all the other packages. ``` sudo apt-get purge logstash Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: logstash* 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 16 not upgraded. After this operation, 129 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 118026 files and directories currently installed.) Removing logstash (1:2.1.1-1) ... Purging configuration files for logstash (1:2.1.1-1) ... dpkg: warning: while removing logstash, directory '/etc/logstash/conf.d' not empty so not removed dpkg: warning: while removing logstash, directory '/opt/logstash/bin' not empty so not removed dpkg: warning: while removing logstash, directory '/var/lib/logstash' not empty so not removed dpkg: warning: while removing logstash, directory '/var/log/logstash' not empty so not removed ubuntu@app1:~$ sudo rm -rf /opt/logstash/ ubuntu@app1:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/lib/logstash/ ubuntu@app1:~$ sudo rm -rf /var/log/logstash/ ubuntu@app1:~$ sudo rm -rf /etc/logstash/conf.d/ ``` After this I re-run the apt-cache and following: ``` sudo apt-cache showpkg logstash Package: logstash Versions: 1:2.4.0-1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/packages.elastic.co_logstash_2.4_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages) Description Language: File: /var/lib/apt/lists/packages.elastic.co_logstash_2.4_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages MD5: 2cc8837023e818d510770f6e573a838a Reverse Depends: Dependencies: 1:2.4.0-1 - logrotate (0 (null)) Provides: 1:2.4.0-1 - Reverse Provides: ``` ---
**Author:** ![mikesparr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikesparr/32/4619_2.png) [@mikesparr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikesparr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/8 "2016-09-01T19:35:31Z")
I purged every box, then deleted the mentioned directories and re-installed and now all are 2.4.0. There must be something odd where updates didn't occur or multiple versions (as noted in original cache output) so a heads up to others. I'm hoping not same issue on future updates but unsure cause. Works now. ``` /opt/logstash/bin/logstash -V logstash 2.4.0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-upgrade-on-ubuntu-displaying-older-version/59470/9 "2017-07-06T04:40:22Z")