Installation

hmmmm installing splunk: splunk-6.1.1-207789-linux-2.6-amd64.deb ...

dairisss
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WTF is home directory 22935SPLUNK_HOME and user: 22946USER etc ?
dpkg -i splunk-6.1.1-207789-linux-2.6-amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 64987 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../splunk-6.1.1-207789-linux-2.6-amd64.deb ...
useradd: invalid home directory '22935SPLUNK_HOME'
Unpacking splunk (6.1.1) over (6.1.1) ...
Setting up splunk (6.1.1) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/splunk.postinst: line 85: 22946SPLUNK_HOME/etc/splunk-launch. conf: No such file or directory
touch: cannot touch ‘22946SPLUNK_HOME/ftr’: No such file or directory
/var/lib/dpkg/info/splunk.postinst: line 103: 22946SPLUNK_HOME/ftr: No such file or directory
/var/lib/dpkg/info/splunk.postinst: line 128: 22946SPLUNK_HOME/ftr: No such file or directory
chown: invalid user: ‘22946USER:22946GROUP
complete
root@-----:~# dpkg --status splunk
Package: splunk

????

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MuS
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Hi dairisss,

see this http://answers.splunk.com/answers/135483/install-on-ubuntu-1404-fails, it's a known issue and Splunk Dev is working on it.

cheers, MuS

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dairisss
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ok. thank you. But with rpm package everything is good?

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MuS
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Hi dairisss,

see this http://answers.splunk.com/answers/135483/install-on-ubuntu-1404-fails, it's a known issue and Splunk Dev is working on it.

cheers, MuS

dairisss
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Thank you. I checked on prodoction. it works.

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MuS
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sorry, but I don't know that ... easiest way to find out, download it and install it...

dairisss
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ok. thank you. But with rpm package everything is good?

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