# Problem installing HAProxy

**URL:** <https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/problem-installing-haproxy/6024>\
**Category:** Help!\
**Created:** [December 14, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/problem-installing-haproxy/6024 "2020-12-14T10:34:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![lukastribus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@lukastribus](https://discourse.haproxy.org/u/lukastribus)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/problem-installing-haproxy/6024/4 "2020-12-14T13:18:41Z")

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> [@Gigazo1d](#):
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> nothing

Then you do not have a consistent installation. This init.d file is probably from an old installation that has not been properly removed. Now you have an old startup script, a new executable which won’t work.

Refer to the following post to fix your startup script issue:

> [@Failing to start with systemd and unexplained issues](https://discourse.haproxy.org/t/failing-to-start-with-systemd-and-unexplained-issues/849/4):
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> Do not use the init.d file. You are using systemd, you have use the systemd unit file and wrapper, not the init.d script. rm /etc/init.d/haproxy cd contrib/systemd cp haproxy.service.in /lib/systemd/system/ systemctl daemon-reload systemctl enable haproxy systemctl start haproxy systemctl status haproxy Note: Haproxy 1.8 and later needs to be compiled with USE\_SYSTEMD=1 for the provided systemd unit file to work (needs systemd header files, that would be libsystemd-dev on Debian/Ubuntu or sys…

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