# Upgrade filebeat from 1.1 to 1.2

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-from-1-1-to-1-2/55540>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [July 14, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-from-1-1-to-1-2/55540 "2016-07-14T15:48:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mt.michael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@mt.michael](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mt.michael)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-from-1-1-to-1-2/55540/1 "2016-07-14T15:48:40Z")

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Hi I'm currently have filebeat version 1.1.1 (amd64) on ubuntu 12.04.

I installed the older version by this page [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-installation.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/filebeat/current/filebeat-installation.html)

I wonder if I need to uninstall the older version first then follow the same pages instruction?

If I need to uninstall the previous ones then how do I do it? It seems there's no info about uninstall and upgrade?

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**Author:** ![mt.michael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@mt.michael](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mt.michael)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-from-1-1-to-1-2/55540/2 "2016-07-14T16:07:54Z")

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I will answer my own question now since I solved it.

I did the following command to remove old filebeat

dpkg -r filebeat

Then I follow the same link to download/install the new one.

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-from-1-1-to-1-2/55540/3 "2016-07-14T17:53:59Z")

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You can just install the new package file, it'll replace the old package. You should add the Filebeat repository to your APT configuration so that you can upgrade via `apt-get upgrade`.

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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:** [August 4, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/upgrade-filebeat-from-1-1-to-1-2/55540/4 "2016-08-04T15:48:40Z")

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