Install Elastic Search Failed on Ubuntu while having Java installed

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# java
if [ -d "$HOME/Downloads/jdk1.8.0_152" ] ; then
    JAVA_HOME="$HOME/Downloads/jdk1.8.0_152"
fi
if [ -d "$HOME/Downloads/jdk1.8.0_152/bin" ] ; then
    PATH="$HOME/Downloads/jdk1.8.0_152/bin:$PATH"
fi

I already have Java installed and if I type which java it shows:

/home/aero/Downloads/jdk1.8.0_152/bin/java

and if I type java -version it shows:

java version "1.8.0_152"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_152-b16)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.152-b16, mixed mode)

but if I want to install elasticsearch by:

sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-6.6.1.deb

it shows:

(Reading database ... 285478 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack elasticsearch-6.6.1.deb ...
could not find java; set JAVA_HOME or ensure java is in PATH
dpkg: error processing archive elasticsearch-6.6.1.deb (--install):
 new elasticsearch package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 elasticsearch-6.6.1.deb

James Jithin · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-27 03:54:35Z

1

Check if you have Java available when you execute through sudo.

sudo which java

If the above one does not show Java, try the following command:

sudo -E which java

The -E switch is to preserve the environment variables while executing sudo.

If the above one works, see if sudo -E dpkg -i <dpkg_file> works.

If the above steps does not help, I would recommend you to move the Java install folder outside the user home folder to some common location like /opt, see if the binaries have permissions, redefine the JAVA_HOME variable and redo the above steps.

answered Feb 27, 2019 at 3:54

James Jithin

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