# Rpm installation fails due to depencency /bin/sh not found?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [August 31, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941 "2017-08-31T05:59:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![stefansaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@stefansaye](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stefansaye)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941/1 "2017-08-31T05:59:54Z")

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hi all,

i am trying to install a peacketbeat using rpm,  
Steps i followed,

```
curl -L -O https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/beats/packetbeat/packetbeat-5.5.2-x86_64.rpm
rpm -vi packetbeat-5.5.2-x86_64.rpm

```

while insatlling. The error i am getting is

```
# rpm -vi packetbeat-5.5.2-x86_64.rpm
warning: packetbeat-5.5.2-x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA512 Signature, key ID d88e42b4: NOKEY
error: Failed dependencies:
    /bin/sh is needed by packetbeat-5.5.2-1.x86_64

```

please help  
thank you

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**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:** [August 31, 2017, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941/2 "2017-08-31T06:09:43Z")

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Do you have it installed?

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**Author:** ![stefansaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@stefansaye](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stefansaye)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941/3 "2017-08-31T06:12:50Z")

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while insatlling. I got the error message

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**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:** [August 31, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941/4 "2017-08-31T06:14:40Z")

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Do you have the `sh` packaged installed though? It should be by default I'd imagine.

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**Author:** ![stefansaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@stefansaye](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stefansaye)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941/5 "2017-08-31T13:10:07Z")

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GNU Bash (Bourne-again shell) is the default shell on Gentoo systems,  
I have /bin/sh and /bin/bash  
any idea ?

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**Author:** ![monica](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/monica/32/3696_2.png) [@monica](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/monica)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941/6 "2017-09-01T11:06:44Z")

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An issue is opened here: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/5065](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/5065)

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**Author:** ![tudor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tudor/32/3753_2.png) [@tudor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tudor)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941/7 "2017-09-01T11:37:36Z")

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We don't test on Gentoo, but it sounds like `rpm` on gentoo somehow doesn't realise that `/bin/sh` is installed. Perhaps the best way to go about it is to use `--nodeps` flag when installing with rpm, like suggested here: [https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/install-rpm-on-gentoo-bin-sh-needed-333903/](https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/install-rpm-on-gentoo-bin-sh-needed-333903/)

You can also consider other options from here: [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3959040/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3959040/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found)

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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:** [September 29, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rpm-installation-fails-due-to-depencency-bin-sh-not-found/98941/8 "2017-09-29T11:37:40Z")

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