<p dir="auto">I'm going to paste the irclogs as i'm not the person with the problem.  But I agree it is a problem.</p>
<p dir="auto">The problem is that elasticsearch1.4.0-1.Beta1 is newer than 1.4.0.  Requiring you to --force the action.</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="[15:45] &lt;audiphilth&gt; yum update says nothing to update, manual run of rpm update gives this - package
                     elasticsearch-1.4.0.Beta1-1.noarch (which is newer than elasticsearch-1.4.0-1.noarch) is already
                     installed
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; audiphilth, you likely have to remove the beta
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; to get to the release
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; audiphilth, that or rpm -Uvh to it
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; and grab the rpm
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; audiphilth, likely better to force it by the command line than remove it heh
[15:51] --- edx is now known as MUCHAHASAQ
[15:51] &lt;audiphilth&gt; ya, i grabbed the rpm and i get - package elasticsearch-1.4.0.Beta1-1.noarch (which is newer than
                     elasticsearch-1.4.0-1.noarch) is already installed
[15:52] &lt;audiphilth&gt; not sure why it thinks the 1.4 beta is newer
[15:53] &lt;audiphilth&gt; rpm -Uvh elasticsearch-1.4.0.noarch.rpm
[15:53] &lt;audiphilth&gt; Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
[15:53] &lt;audiphilth&gt;         package elasticsearch-1.4.0.Beta1-1.noarch (which is newer than elasticsearch-1.4.0-1.noarch)
                     is already installed
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; --force
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; i think that works? or something similar
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; that's crazy though
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; oh 1.4.0-1
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; vs 1.4.0
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; geeze
[15:53] &lt;audiphilth&gt; right, was hoping not to have to do that, i'll try and see
[15:55] &lt;audiphilth&gt; --force works
[15:55] --- MUCHAHASAQ is now known as edx
[15:56] &lt;Damm&gt; well it appears the beta was a greater version
[15:56] &lt;Damm&gt; so it makes sense
[15:56] &lt;wjimenez_&gt; can anyone shed light on the '_type' and 'type' fields? what is the difference?
[15:57] &lt;audiphilth&gt; not sure how much sense it makes if the release ver. can be trumped by an *older* beta
[16:01] &lt;Damm&gt; someone should file an issue on this
[16:01] &lt;Damm&gt; so I think I will and just paste the irclogs"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">[15:45] &lt;audiphilth&gt; yum update says nothing to update, manual run of rpm update gives this - package
                     elasticsearch-1.4.0.Beta1-1.noarch (which is newer than elasticsearch-1.4.0-1.noarch) is already
                     installed
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; audiphilth, you likely have to remove the beta
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; to get to the release
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; audiphilth, that or rpm -Uvh to it
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; and grab the rpm
[15:51] &lt;Damm&gt; audiphilth, likely better to force it by the command line than remove it heh
[15:51] --- edx is now known as MUCHAHASAQ
[15:51] &lt;audiphilth&gt; ya, i grabbed the rpm and i get - package elasticsearch-1.4.0.Beta1-1.noarch (which is newer than
                     elasticsearch-1.4.0-1.noarch) is already installed
[15:52] &lt;audiphilth&gt; not sure why it thinks the 1.4 beta is newer
[15:53] &lt;audiphilth&gt; rpm -Uvh elasticsearch-1.4.0.noarch.rpm
[15:53] &lt;audiphilth&gt; Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
[15:53] &lt;audiphilth&gt;         package elasticsearch-1.4.0.Beta1-1.noarch (which is newer than elasticsearch-1.4.0-1.noarch)
                     is already installed
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; --force
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; i think that works? or something similar
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; that's crazy though
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; oh 1.4.0-1
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; vs 1.4.0
[15:53] &lt;Damm&gt; geeze
[15:53] &lt;audiphilth&gt; right, was hoping not to have to do that, i'll try and see
[15:55] &lt;audiphilth&gt; --force works
[15:55] --- MUCHAHASAQ is now known as edx
[15:56] &lt;Damm&gt; well it appears the beta was a greater version
[15:56] &lt;Damm&gt; so it makes sense
[15:56] &lt;wjimenez_&gt; can anyone shed light on the '_type' and 'type' fields? what is the difference?
[15:57] &lt;audiphilth&gt; not sure how much sense it makes if the release ver. can be trumped by an *older* beta
[16:01] &lt;Damm&gt; someone should file an issue on this
[16:01] &lt;Damm&gt; so I think I will and just paste the irclogs
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">After changing /etc/apt/sources.list/</p>
<p dir="auto"><code class="notranslate">deb http://packages.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/1.3/debian stable main</code></p>
<p dir="auto">to</p>
<p dir="auto"><code class="notranslate">deb http://packages.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/1.4/debian stable main</code></p>
<p dir="auto">and running apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get upgrade, curl -XGET 'localhost:9200' is reporting version 1.4.0.Beta1.</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="curl -XGET 'localhost:9200'
{
  &quot;status&quot; : 200,
  &quot;name&quot; : &quot;elasticsearch-node&quot;,
  &quot;cluster_name&quot; : &quot;elasticsearch-cluster&quot;,
  &quot;version&quot; : {
    &quot;number&quot; : &quot;1.4.0.Beta1&quot;,
    &quot;build_hash&quot; : &quot;1f25669f3299b0680b266c3acaece43774fb59ae&quot;,
    &quot;build_timestamp&quot; : &quot;2014-10-01T14:58:15Z&quot;,
    &quot;build_snapshot&quot; : false,
    &quot;lucene_version&quot; : &quot;4.10.1&quot;
  },
  &quot;tagline&quot; : &quot;You Know, for Search&quot;
}"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">curl -XGET 'localhost:9200'
{
  "status" : 200,
  "name" : "elasticsearch-node",
  "cluster_name" : "elasticsearch-cluster",
  "version" : {
    "number" : "1.4.0.Beta1",
    "build_hash" : "1f25669f3299b0680b266c3acaece43774fb59ae",
    "build_timestamp" : "2014-10-01T14:58:15Z",
    "build_snapshot" : false,
    "lucene_version" : "4.10.1"
  },
  "tagline" : "You Know, for Search"
}
</code></pre></div>