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cd ~
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre-headless -y

# Download the compiled elasticsearch rather than the source.
wget http://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.20.2.tar.gz -O elasticsearch.tar.gz
tar -xf elasticsearch.tar.gz
rm elasticsearch.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 to test
#Thanks to <clintongormley> from #elasticsearch

Awesome! Thank you ! You made my day! I tried the "original" gist and could not get it to run. Great job!

You're welcome!

Thank you very much! cheers