Just installed splunk free on Ubuntu..can't start

[kmill78]

Splunk seems to have installed on Ubuntu 18.04 but the only place i see it is in the /opt dir and if i try to cd to it it says no such directory exists but if i cat it it says it is a directory , any help ? i am just trying to get to know the product because we use it at work

[Richfez]

what user is it installed under? What user are you? If you don't have permissions to get into the /opt/splunk directory, then you won't be able to get into the /opt/splunk directory.

What actual steps did you follow when you installed it?

[jpolvino]

Check to see if it installed properly using
dpkg -l | grep -i splunk

When I installed it at home on Ubuntu 18.04, I followed these instructions:
https://linoxide.com/linux-how-to/install-splunk-ubuntu/

Can you please post what you followed for the install?