# Elasticsearch could not find Java and now won't start **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 26, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-could-not-find-java-and-now-wont-start/173973 "2019-03-26T17:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![Simon\_Shrestha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/simon_shrestha/32/43588_2.png) [@Simon\_Shrestha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Simon_Shrestha)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-could-not-find-java-and-now-wont-start/173973/16 "2019-04-06T05:57:19Z")
I also did a fresh install of elastic search and got the issue below: simon@simon:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-6.7.1.deb [sudo] password for simon: Selecting previously unselected package elasticsearch. (Reading database ... 175469 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack elasticsearch-6.7.1.deb ... /usr/bin/java Creating elasticsearch group... OK Creating elasticsearch user... OK Unpacking elasticsearch (6.7.1) ... Setting up elasticsearch (6.7.1) ... warning: Falling back to java on path. This behavior is deprecated. Specify JAVA\_HOME Created elasticsearch keystore in /etc/elasticsearch Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.15) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ... simon@simon:~/Downloads$ echo $JAVA\_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/ --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-could-not-find-java-and-now-wont-start/173973)._