# Cant install ES or Kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\ **Created:** [December 4, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/cant-install-es-or-kibana/1961 "2019-12-04T16:39:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ghaith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cab0a1/32.png) [@ghaith](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/ghaith)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/cant-install-es-or-kibana/1961/1 "2019-12-04T16:39:13Z")
Hey guys so im trying to install opendistro ES and Kibana on my EC2 instance (t3.large). and for some reason im getting a ton of errors. First of all i cant install the security package: exit status 255 installing ES or Kibana simply creates an empty folder in /etc/elasticsearch or /etc/kibana no yml file no nothing. The only files that get installed in the ES folder are the keystore and a jvm.options file which only has literally 3 lines of code (im know for a fact that that’s not how its supposed to be) So can anyone please tell me what im missing here? im following the guide they have on their website: [Debian Package - Open Distro Documentation](https://opendistro.github.io/for-elasticsearch-docs/docs/install/deb/) i even tried installing previous versions but with no success. So what’s the issue here? Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![kris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/kris/32/2208_2.png) [@kris](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/kris)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/cant-install-es-or-kibana/1961/2 "2023-02-07T00:02:17Z")