Splunk Enterprise

Conflicts with package file, trying to upgrade splunk 8.8 to 8.2.7

imontanoisoft
Explorer

My installer is in the otp path, along with other splunk installer

[root@siem-security opt]# ls
splunk splunk-8.0.0-1357bef0a7f6-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm splunk-enterprise-security_530.spl
splunk-7.2.6-c0bf0f679ce9-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm splunkforwarder-7.2.6-c0bf0f679ce9-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm
 I allready have splunk installed with version 8.0.0 and when I run
rpm -ivh splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm 

I get the following error with many package files, this is only part of the error

splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028.x86_64 installation file /opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/templates/layout/admin_lite.html conflicts with package file splunk-8.0.0-1357bef0a7f6.x86_64
splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028.x86_64 installation file /opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/templates/layout/view.html conflicts with package file splunk-8.0.0-1357bef0a7f6.x86_64
splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028.x86_64 installation file /opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/templates/layout/wizard.html conflicts with package file splunk-8.0.0-1357bef0a7f6.x86_64
splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028.x86_64 installation file /opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/templates/lib.html conflicts with package file splunk-8.0.0-1357bef0a7f6.x86_64
splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028.x86_64 installation file /opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/templates/licensing/overview.html conflicts with package file splunk-8.0.0-1357bef0a7f6.x86_64
splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028.x86_64 installation file /opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/templates/licensing/usage.html conflicts with package file splunk-8.0.0-1357bef0a7f6.x86_64
splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028.x86_64 installation file /opt/splunk/share/splunk/search_mrsparkle/templates/pages/static.html conflicts with package file splunk-8.0.0-1357bef0a7f6.x86_64
 
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

When upgrading Splunk using the .rpm file, use the -U option.

rpm -Uvh splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

When upgrading Splunk using the .rpm file, use the -U option.

rpm -Uvh splunk-8.2.7-2e1fca123028-linux-2.6-x86_64.rpm

 

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