# Installation time issue

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-time-issue/183946
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 3, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-time-issue/183946 "2019-06-03T11:36:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![narendral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/narendral/32/47558_2.png) [@narendral](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/narendral)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-time-issue/183946/1 "2019-06-03T11:36:38Z")

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**Environment**  
OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS  
ES: 6.7.1  
Package: Debian package

I'm facing the issue when applying step 4 from given into [document](https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch-docs/docs/install/deb/).

**ERROR**  
sudo dpkg --install elasticsearch-oss-6.7.1.deb  
(Reading database ... 613045 files and directories currently installed.)  
Preparing to unpack elasticsearch-oss-6.7.1.deb ...  
/usr/bin/java  
Unpacking elasticsearch-oss (6.7.1) over (6.7.1) ...  
Setting up elasticsearch-oss (6.7.1) ...  
warning: Falling back to java on path. This behavior is deprecated. Specify JAVA\_HOME  
/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-env: line 71: /etc/default/elasticsearch: No such file or directory  
dpkg: error processing package elasticsearch-oss (--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-oss

**JAVA\_HOME**  
echo $JAVA\_HOME  
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle

Please help!

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### Author: ![attzonko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/attzonko/32/48253_2.png) [@attzonko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/attzonko)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-time-issue/183946/2 "2019-06-17T22:15:45Z")

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I hit the same issue when upgrading to 6.8.0.

Did you find a solution?

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### Author: ![narendral](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/narendral/32/47558_2.png) [@narendral](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/narendral)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-time-issue/183946/3 "2019-06-18T04:32:12Z")

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@attzonko My $JAVA\_HOME said me `/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle` so I just put `JAVA_HOME` with java 11 at configuration that's it. Hope this is also your solution. Best luck.

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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 16, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-time-issue/183946/4 "2019-07-16T04:32:29Z")

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