# Logstash package install -e not working

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-package-install-e-not-working/65704
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [November 10, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-package-install-e-not-working/65704 "2016-11-10T16:51:15Z")
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### Author: ![bhatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@bhatch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhatch)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-package-install-e-not-working/65704/2 "2016-11-10T18:48:59Z")

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Take a look at this thread. I believe it is looking for the configuration file mentioned in the settings file, not whatever you pass in through -e.

> [@Logstash 5 not running](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-5-not-running/64449):
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> hey there, I am following the official document and seems like it's not working. I am using a freshly installed CentOS 7 system and have Java 1.8 installed. As per the document when i run below [Foo@Elastic logstash]$ sudo bin/logstash -e 'input { stdin { } } output { stdout {} }' It just stays like that no output. I have waited for 15 mins now. Any pointers why this is happening? Thanks V

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