Deploy a heavy forwarder on Linux

Download Splunk Enterprise 64 bit
Download splunk-6.3.1-f3e41e4b37b2-Linux-x86_64 2.6+ kernel Linux distributions (64-bit)

Extract using the command  gzip -dc file.tgz | tar xf -
This will create a splunk directory

Start Splunk
bin/splunk start
Accept license
splunk will start and listen on port 8000

from the browser, hit splunk:8000
default login: admin/changeme
change the password
activate license
restart