# Elasticsearch fails very shortly after launch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 19, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fails-very-shortly-after-launch/191460 "2019-07-19T23:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![james-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@james-r](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/james-r)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fails-very-shortly-after-launch/191460/4 "2019-07-20T12:14:53Z")
No, the folder does not exist. The first attempt follows the guide linked in the OP while the second follows the official guide from the website ([https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-install.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/getting-started-install.html)). Both using a clean install of 18.04.2 LTS, and the second attempt on VirtualBox. First log on the first post and second log on the second post. I tried to install it on an old laptop and it worked at my first attempt, using the guide from the ES website. I think that my desktop CPU is even older: ``` Memory: 9,3 GiB Processor: AMD® Phenom(tm) ii x4 955 (2009) OS type: 64-bit Disk: 116,6 GB ``` It does not support SSE4.2 which I've seen mentioned here: [Failed to start Machine Learning on Elasticsearch 7.0.0](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failed-to-start-machine-learning-on-elasticsearch-7-0-0/178216/4). But I can't get to work older version of ES either. See the log of version **5.2.0** : [https://pastebin.com/raw/8kfj4KVM](https://pastebin.com/raw/8kfj4KVM). Attempt with **6.8.1** : ``` user@guest:~/elasticsearch-6.8.1$ cd distribution/src/bin user@guest:~/elasticsearch-6.8.1/distribution/src/bin$ ./elasticsearch Error: Could not find or load main class org.elasticsearch.tools.java_version_checker.JavaVersionChecker Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.tools.java_version_checker.JavaVersionChecker ``` --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-fails-very-shortly-after-launch/191460)._