# Install logstash 5.1.2 from repository fails **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [January 13, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-logstash-5-1-2-from-repository-fails/71547 "2017-01-13T16:59:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![asuhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@asuhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asuhan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-logstash-5-1-2-from-repository-fails/71547/1 "2017-01-13T16:59:18Z")
ubuntu 14.04 configured logstash repo: deb [https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/5.x/apt](https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/5.x/apt) stable main apt-get install logstash Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-3.13.0-105 linux-headers-3.13.0-105-generic linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following NEW packages will be installed: logstash 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/95.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 175 MB of additional disk space will be used. Selecting previously unselected package logstash. (Reading database ... 155974 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../logstash\_1%3a5.1.2-1\_all.deb ... Unpacking logstash (1:5.1.2-1) ... Setting up logstash (1:5.1.2-1) ... sed: can't read /etc/logstash/logstash.yml: No such file or directory /etc/logstash/startup.options is not a file path Errno::EISDIR: Is a directory - /etc/default/ write at org/jruby/RubyIO.java:4058 write at /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/pleaserun-0.0.27/lib/pleaserun/installer.rb:32 install\_files at /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/pleaserun-0.0.27/lib/pleaserun/installer.rb:23 call at org/jruby/RubyProc.java:281 yield at org/jruby/RubyYielder.java:81 files at /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/pleaserun-0.0.27/lib/pleaserun/platform/upstart.rb:10 call at org/jruby/RubyProc.java:281 each at file:/usr/share/logstash/vendor/jruby/lib/jruby.jar!/jruby/kernel/jruby/generator.rb:246 install\_files at /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/pleaserun-0.0.27/lib/pleaserun/installer.rb:18 run\_human at /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/pleaserun-0.0.27/lib/pleaserun/cli.rb:174 execute at /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/pleaserun-0.0.27/lib/pleaserun/cli.rb:130 run at /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67 run at /usr/share/logstash/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132 (root) at /usr/share/logstash/lib/systeminstall/pleasewrap.rb:12 {:timestamp=\>"2017-01-13T16:22:08.891000+0000", :message=\>"No platform selected. Autodetecting...", :platform=\>"upstart", :version=\>"1.12.1", :level=\>:warn} {:timestamp=\>"2017-01-13T16:22:08.942000+0000", :message=\>"Writing file", :destination=\>"/etc/init/.conf"} {:timestamp=\>"2017-01-13T16:22:08.951000+0000", :message=\>"Writing file", :destination=\>"/etc/default/"} Unable to install system startup script for Logstash. # ls -la /etc/logstash total 16 drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 13 16:56 . drwxr-xr-x 97 root root 4096 Jan 13 16:56 .. drwxrwxr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 11 20:36 conf.d -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 1334 Jan 11 20:31 log4j2.properties ---
**Author:** ![asuhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@asuhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asuhan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-logstash-5-1-2-from-repository-fails/71547/2 "2017-01-13T17:21:35Z")
the ugly solution is to unpack /etc/logstash from deb file then apt-get install logstash ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-logstash-5-1-2-from-repository-fails/71547/3 "2017-01-13T17:41:58Z")
What was in `/etc/logstash` before you attempted the install? Was this an upgrade? Was there an older version of Logstash in place? ---
**Author:** ![asuhan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@asuhan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/asuhan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-logstash-5-1-2-from-repository-fails/71547/4 "2017-01-13T17:56:00Z")
initially system was running an old 2.3 version , cleaned apt-get remove and also any custom config , changed repo, apt-get update , then apt-get install . Maybe the deb format is not good for the version of ubuntu in my case. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-logstash-5-1-2-from-repository-fails/71547/5 "2017-02-10T17:56:06Z")
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