# Unable to reinstall Elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-reinstall-elasticsearch/106358>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 3, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-reinstall-elasticsearch/106358 "2017-11-03T19:27:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rpazhyannur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@rpazhyannur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rpazhyannur)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-reinstall-elasticsearch/106358/1 "2017-11-03T19:27:14Z")

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Hello

for various reasons I have to reinstall Elasticsearch. I have deleted the directories but there is something that is preventing a reinstall. I am getting message 'Package elasticsearch-5.6.3-1.noarch already installed and latest version. Nothing to do'.  
What should I do to eliminate this dependancy

thanks

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- epel: [s3-mirror-us-west-2.fedoraproject.org](http://s3-mirror-us-west-2.fedoraproject.org)
- extras: [mirror.chpc.utah.edu](http://mirror.chpc.utah.edu)
- updates: [mirrors.xmission.com](http://mirrors.xmission.com)  
elasticsearch-5.x 278/278  
**Package elasticsearch-5.6.3-1.noarch already installed and latest version**  
**Nothing to do**

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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:** [November 4, 2017, 8:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-reinstall-elasticsearch/106358/2 "2017-11-04T08:35:44Z")

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Are you using yum to delete it or just removing files?

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**Author:** ![rpazhyannur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@rpazhyannur](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rpazhyannur)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-reinstall-elasticsearch/106358/3 "2017-11-04T23:37:47Z")

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Thanks for the reply.  
I was simply deleting the files.  
I tried yum reinstall and that worked.

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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:** [December 2, 2017, 11:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-reinstall-elasticsearch/106358/4 "2017-12-02T23:38:19Z")

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