# Installing Elasticsearch on CentOS using RPM
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 26, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143 "2017-11-26T17:14:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/1 "2017-11-26T17:14:50Z")
Hello,
I'm currently running ElasticSearch Version: 5.0.1 on my CentOS dedicated server. It also has cPanel, but I assume the easiest way for me to upgrade to ElasticSearch 6.0.0 is to use the RPM instruction located here:
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rpm.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/rpm.html)
My question is, does it matter which directory I'm in after I SSH into my server? Do I just run the following three commands from the root directory?
Thank you
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/2 "2017-11-26T18:00:43Z")
> [@AndyB](#):
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> Do I just run the following three commands from the root directory?
That will work, yes.
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### Author:  [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2017, 6:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/3 "2017-11-26T18:17:48Z")
Thank you, warkolm.
The first two commands worked fine, but the last one appears to have some problems. This is a screen print of my terminal showing the messages:
What should I do?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/4 "2017-11-26T18:27:31Z")
Please don't post pictures of text, they are difficult to read and some people may not be even able to see them 🙂
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### Author:  [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/6 "2017-11-26T18:43:04Z")
I assume that I need to uninstall ElasticSearch Version: 5.0.1.
Is this the correct command?
yum remove elasticsearch
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/7 "2017-11-26T18:48:19Z")
Yes, that should remove the existing Elasticsearch. But you should also be able to install 6.0 over the top of 5.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/9 "2017-11-26T19:01:40Z")
It'd be worth reading [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.0/setup-upgrade.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.0/setup-upgrade.html)
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### Author:  [@AndyB](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AndyB)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/13 "2017-11-26T20:23:28Z")
I was able to install ElasticSearch 6.0 by first uninstalling 5.0 using the following command:
yum remove elasticsearch
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-elasticsearch-on-centos-using-rpm/109143/14 "2017-12-24T20:23:44Z")
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