# Logstash installation on a linux server error

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-on-a-linux-server-error/42962>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 29, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-on-a-linux-server-error/42962 "2016-02-29T01:08:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bishaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bishaka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bishaka)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-on-a-linux-server-error/42962/1 "2016-02-29T01:08:15Z")

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I was trying to install logstash on a linux server usinf the command  
yum install logstash-2.2.2-1.noarch.rpm

and i get the following error

Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager  
This system is not registered to Red Hat Subscription Management. You can use subscription-manager to register.  
Setting up Install Process  
Examining logstash-2.2.2-1.noarch.rpm: 1:logstash-2.2.2-1.noarch  
logstash-2.2.2-1.noarch.rpm: does not update installed package.  
Error: Nothing to do

what does it mean?

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**Author:** ![sureshadapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@sureshadapa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sureshadapa)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-on-a-linux-server-error/42962/2 "2016-02-29T02:42:17Z")

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Seems repo is not configured/ Logstash version 2.2.2-1 is missing from  
repo. Just use logstash-2.\*

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**Author:** ![bishaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bishaka](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bishaka)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-on-a-linux-server-error/42962/4 "2016-02-29T02:53:28Z")

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I don't understand what you mean by repo is not configured. do you mean i should install an earlier version??

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**Author:** ![sureshadapa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@sureshadapa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sureshadapa)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 9:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-on-a-linux-server-error/42962/5 "2016-03-03T09:26:25Z")

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On linux machines we use yum [command line tool] to install rpm's, when we issue "yum install "  
which will basically look for /etc/yum.conf and /etc/yum.repos.d/\<\>.repo files to fetch yours intended for installation.

So, on your machine with present yum configuration it is unable to fetch/find logstash-2.2.2-1.noarch.rpm

try "yum install logstash\*" command

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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 6, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-installation-on-a-linux-server-error/42962/6 "2017-07-06T05:08:39Z")

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