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# install 1.3.1 ( stable version ) 
cd ~
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless -y

### Check http://www.elasticsearch.org/download/ for latest version of ElasticSearch and replace wget link below

# NEW WAY / EASY WAY
wget https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-1.1.1.deb
sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-1.1.1.deb

# OLD WAY / HARD WAY
wget https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-1.1.1.tar.gz
tar -xf elasticsearch-1.1.1.tar.gz
rm elasticsearch-1.1.1.tar.gz
sudo mv elasticsearch-* elasticsearch
sudo mv elasticsearch /usr/local/share

curl -L http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-servicewrapper/tarball/master | tar -xz
sudo mv *servicewrapper*/service /usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/
rm -Rf *servicewrapper*
sudo /usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/elasticsearch install
sudo ln -s `readlink -f /usr/local/share/elasticsearch/bin/service/elasticsearch` /usr/local/bin/rcelasticsearch

sudo service elasticsearch start
#curl http://localhost:9200

#install plugin _head
sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install mobz/elasticsearch-head

# kill the old version elasticsearch process to get the new version running ( after installing the new version )
ps aux | grep elasticsearch
sudo kill -9 <pid>

# start elasticsearch
sudo service elasticsearch start