# Linux newbie trying to install elasticsearch/kabana/logstash **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 5, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-newbie-trying-to-install-elasticsearch-kabana-logstash/15630 "2014-02-05T21:15:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![computer\_engineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@computer\_engineer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/computer_engineer)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-newbie-trying-to-install-elasticsearch-kabana-logstash/15630/1 "2014-02-05T21:15:24Z")
A newbie here trying to install elasticsearch, logstash and kabana. I got logstash installed but after installing elasticsearch, I try to run it as showed by tutorials all over: bin/elasticsearch -f I get elasticsearch: command not found am I missing something to get this to work? By the way I have this installed under root/elasticsearch. Any help appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/aa5ac329-1cbc-4d4a-ba45-da1265ffd354%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/aa5ac329-1cbc-4d4a-ba45-da1265ffd354%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Su](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Tony\_Su](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tony_Su)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-newbie-trying-to-install-elasticsearch-kabana-logstash/15630/2 "2014-02-05T22:08:05Z")
Try preceding a slash(/) before bin, eg /bin/elasticsearch -f That assumes that you did install the elasticsearch binary in /bin Tony On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 1:15:24 PM UTC-8, computer engineer wrote: > A newbie here trying to install elasticsearch, logstash and kabana. I got > logstash installed but after installing elasticsearch, I try to run it as > showed by tutorials all over: > > bin/elasticsearch -f > > I get elasticsearch: command not found > > am I missing something to get this to work? By the way I have this > installed under root/elasticsearch. Any help appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72c8e695-2cf3-4ee8-b92f-c45f05f5be20%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/72c8e695-2cf3-4ee8-b92f-c45f05f5be20%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-newbie-trying-to-install-elasticsearch-kabana-logstash/15630/3 "2014-02-05T22:14:20Z")
Try /root/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -f Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [markw@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:markw@campaignmonitor.com) web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) On 6 February 2014 08:15, computer engineer [c786engineer@gmail.com](mailto:c786engineer@gmail.com) wrote: > A newbie here trying to install elasticsearch, logstash and kabana. I got > logstash installed but after installing elasticsearch, I try to run it as > showed by tutorials all over: > > bin/elasticsearch -f > > I get elasticsearch: command not found > > am I missing something to get this to work? By the way I have this > installed under root/elasticsearch. Any help appreciated. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/aa5ac329-1cbc-4d4a-ba45-da1265ffd354%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/aa5ac329-1cbc-4d4a-ba45-da1265ffd354%40googlegroups.com) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624ZGYfoP7tM2idPk9KENFwJsCP59Oygh97fX6EUUnP0fpg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEM624ZGYfoP7tM2idPk9KENFwJsCP59Oygh97fX6EUUnP0fpg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![computer\_engineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@computer\_engineer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/computer_engineer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-newbie-trying-to-install-elasticsearch-kabana-logstash/15630/4 "2014-02-06T02:46:41Z")
You are awesome...thanks Mark On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 5:14:20 PM UTC-5, Mark Walkom wrote: > Try /root/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -f > > Regards, > Mark Walkom > > Infrastructure Engineer > Campaign Monitor > email: [ma...@campaignmonitor.com](mailto:ma...@campaignmonitor.com) \ > web: [www.campaignmonitor.com](http://www.campaignmonitor.com) > > On 6 February 2014 08:15, computer engineer \<[c786en...@gmail.com](mailto:c786en...@gmail.com)\ > > > wrote: > > > A newbie here trying to install elasticsearch, logstash and kabana. I got > > logstash installed but after installing elasticsearch, I try to run it as > > showed by tutorials all over: > > > > bin/elasticsearch -f > > > > I get elasticsearch: command not found > > > > am I missing something to get this to work? By the way I have this > > installed under root/elasticsearch. Any help appreciated. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/aa5ac329-1cbc-4d4a-ba45-da1265ffd354%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/aa5ac329-1cbc-4d4a-ba45-da1265ffd354%40googlegroups.com) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/28865d93-d1f1-402f-8286-896fc695b8bc%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/28865d93-d1f1-402f-8286-896fc695b8bc%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![computer\_engineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@computer\_engineer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/computer_engineer)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-newbie-trying-to-install-elasticsearch-kabana-logstash/15630/5 "2014-02-06T02:51:15Z")
thanks for the response tony On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 5:08:05 PM UTC-5, Tony Su wrote: > Try preceding a slash(/) before bin, eg > > /bin/elasticsearch -f > > That assumes that you did install the elasticsearch binary in /bin > > Tony > > On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 1:15:24 PM UTC-8, computer engineer wrote: > > > A newbie here trying to install elasticsearch, logstash and kabana. I got > > logstash installed but after installing elasticsearch, I try to run it as > > showed by tutorials all over: > > > > bin/elasticsearch -f > > > > I get elasticsearch: command not found > > > > am I missing something to get this to work? By the way I have this > > installed under root/elasticsearch. Any help appreciated. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9b578d5f-d482-4cff-b41c-7a14b4e6bad4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9b578d5f-d482-4cff-b41c-7a14b4e6bad4%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/linux-newbie-trying-to-install-elasticsearch-kabana-logstash/15630/6 "2017-07-06T01:52:13Z")