# Installing from the APT repository **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 1, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-from-the-apt-repository/239391 "2020-07-01T02:31:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Allen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anthony_allen/32/71415_2.png) [@Anthony\_Allen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anthony_Allen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-from-the-apt-repository/239391/1 "2020-07-01T02:31:58Z")
I have been unable to install ES 7.8 per the instructions [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/deb.html) Steps: 1. wget -qO - [https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch](https://artifacts.elastic.co/GPG-KEY-elasticsearch) | sudo apt-key add - 2. sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https 3. echo "deb [https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.8/apt](https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.8/apt) stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-7.8.list 4. sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elasticsearch In step 4 the error for sudo apt-get install elasticsearch is: **E: Unable to locate package elasticsearch** sources.list.d/elastic-7.8.list contains: deb [https://artifacts.elasic.co/packages/7.8/apt](https://artifacts.elasic.co/packages/7.8/apt) stable main **Here is the error that appears for apt update:** root@sari:/home/john# apt update Hit:1 [https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu](https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu) bionic InRelease Hit:2 [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu](http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu) bionic InRelease Get:3 [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu](http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu) bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB] Get:4 [http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu](http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu) bionic-security InRelease [88.7 kB] Get:6 [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu](http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu) bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB] Ign:7 [https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.8/apt](https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.8/apt) stable InRelease Get:8 [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu](http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu) bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [709 kB] **Err:9 [https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.8/apt](https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.8/apt) stable Release \*\* \*\* 404 Not Found [IP: 199.232.34.222 443]** Hit:5 [https://packages.gitlab.com/runner/gitlab-runner/ubuntu](https://packages.gitlab.com/runner/gitlab-runner/ubuntu) bionic InRelease Get:10 [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu](http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu) bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [1,000 kB] Get:11 [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu](http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu) bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [1,024 kB] Get:12 [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu](http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu) bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [1,089 kB] Reading package lists... Done **E: The repository '[https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.8/apt](https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/7.8/apt) stable Release' does not have a Release file.** N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. root@sari:/home/john# My system: Ubuntu 18.04 64 bit 2 cores RAM 4G Your assistance is greatly appreciated! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-from-the-apt-repository/239391/2 "2020-07-01T03:18:27Z")
Hi, have you ever check your java version? Elasticsearch is built using Java, and requires at least Java 8 in order to run. ---
**Author:** ![Anthony\_Allen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anthony_allen/32/71415_2.png) [@Anthony\_Allen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anthony_Allen)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-from-the-apt-repository/239391/3 "2020-07-01T16:32:14Z")
Java version is 11 The error seems to indicate package elasticsearch cannot be found. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-from-the-apt-repository/239391/4 "2020-07-29T16:32:15Z")
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