# 0.20.0.RC1 won't start on fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/0-20-0-rc1-wont-start-on-fresh-ubuntu-12-04-install/9904>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 30, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/0-20-0-rc1-wont-start-on-fresh-ubuntu-12-04-install/9904 "2012-11-30T15:24:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@Peter1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter1)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/0-20-0-rc1-wont-start-on-fresh-ubuntu-12-04-install/9904/1 "2012-11-30T15:24:33Z")

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I just did a fresh install of 12.04, and trying to run elasticsearch  
0.20.0.RC1

It ran fine last night. This morning I got:  
$ bin/elasticsearch  
bash: bin/elasticsearch: No such file or directory

Tried reinstalling, and rebooting. No success so far..

Is there a recommended \*nix distro?

Thanks,  
Peter

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**Author:** ![Peter1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@Peter1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Peter1)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/0-20-0-rc1-wont-start-on-fresh-ubuntu-12-04-install/9904/2 "2012-11-30T15:29:25Z")

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please disregard: i rebooted a 2nd time, and it seems to be working fine.

On Friday, November 30, 2012 10:24:33 AM UTC-5, Peter wrote:

> I just did a fresh install of 12.04, and trying to run elasticsearch  
> 0.20.0.RC1
> 
> It ran fine last night. This morning I got:  
> $ bin/elasticsearch  
> bash: bin/elasticsearch: No such file or directory
> 
> Tried reinstalling, and rebooting. No success so far..
> 
> Is there a recommended \*nix distro?
> 
> Thanks,  
> Peter

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/0-20-0-rc1-wont-start-on-fresh-ubuntu-12-04-install/9904/3 "2017-07-06T03:01:58Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:01am UTC


