Installing the Flume RPM and Debian packages is more convenient than installing the Flume tarball because the packages:

• Handle dependencies
• Provide for easy upgrades
• Automatically install resources to conventional locations
• Handle daemon startup and shutdown.

The Flume RPM and Debian packages consist of three packages:

• flume-ng — Everything you need to run Flume
• flume-ng-agent — Handles starting and stopping the Flume agent as a service
• flume-ng-doc — Flume documentation

All Flume installations require the common code provided by flume-ng.

  Note: Install Cloudera Repository

Before using the instructions on this page to install or upgrade:

• Install the Cloudera yum, zypper/YaST or apt repository.
• Install or upgrade CDH 5 and make sure it is functioning correctly.

For instructions, see Installing the Latest CDH 5 Release and Upgrading Unmanaged CDH Using the Command Line.

To install Flume on Ubuntu and other Debian systems:

$ sudo apt-get install flume-ng

To install Flume On RHEL-compatible systems:

$ sudo yum install flume-ng

To install Flume on SLES systems:

$ sudo zypper install flume-ng

You might also want Flume to run automatically on start-up. To do this, install the Flume agent.

To install the Flume agent so Flume starts automatically on Ubuntu and other Debian systems:

$ sudo apt-get install flume-ng-agent

To install the Flume agent so Flume starts automatically on Red Hat-compatible systems:

$ sudo yum install flume-ng-agent

To install the Flume agent so Flume starts automatically on SLES systems:

$ sudo zypper install flume-ng-agent

To install the documentation:

To install the documentation on Ubuntu and other Debian systems:

$ sudo apt-get install flume-ng-doc

To install the documentation on RHEL-compatible systems:

$ sudo yum install flume-ng-doc

To install the documentation on SLES systems:

$ sudo zypper install flume-ng-doc