# Error: You must build the project with Gradle or download a pre-built package **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 5, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820 "2017-10-05T09:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![m.francia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@m.francia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m.francia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/1 "2017-10-05T09:50:25Z")
Hi! I have installed ES in a Debian 8 using dpkg -i and after install when I try to run ES appears this message. elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Thu 2017-10-05 10:37:04 CEST; 7min ago Docs: [http://www.elastic.co](http://www.elastic.co) Process: 12849 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID\_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet -Edefault.path.logs=${LOG\_DIR} -Edefault.path.data=${DATA\_DIR} -Edefault.path.conf=${CONF\_DIR} (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Process: 12846 ExecStartPre=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-systemd-pre-exec (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 12849 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Oct 05 10:37:04 cosby systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch. Oct 05 10:37:04 cosby elasticsearch[12849]: Error: You must build the project with Gradle or download a pre-built package Oct 05 10:37:04 cosby elasticsearch[12849]: before you can run Elasticsearch. See 'Building from Source' in README.textile Oct 05 10:37:04 cosby elasticsearch[12849]: or visit [https://www.elastic.co/download](https://www.elastic.co/download) to get a pre-built package. Oct 05 10:37:04 cosby systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Oct 05 10:37:04 cosby systemd[1]: Unit elasticsearch.service entered failed state. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/2 "2017-10-05T10:03:29Z")
What exactly did you download? ---
**Author:** ![m.francia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@m.francia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m.francia)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/3 "2017-10-05T10:23:07Z")
Hi! DEB package ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/4 "2017-10-05T11:09:15Z")
From which URL? ---
**Author:** ![m.francia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@m.francia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m.francia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/5 "2017-10-06T07:21:22Z")
[https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.6.2.deb](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.6.2.deb) ---
**Author:** ![m.francia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@m.francia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m.francia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/6 "2017-10-06T10:15:32Z")
I have tried other ways, using apt-get or the tar package, but appears the same error. I don´t know if this is relevant, but in this computer I had other version of ES, 2.x. That I uninstalled. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/7 "2017-10-06T10:52:37Z")
„uninstalled“ is very unspecific. You probably need to purge otherwise you might be left in a weird state with old configs. ---
**Author:** ![m.francia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@m.francia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/m.francia)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/8 "2017-10-06T12:41:55Z")
I have checked all files and the uninstall process is ok ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/9 "2017-10-06T13:08:06Z")
Can you reproduce it on a fresh new VM? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-you-must-build-the-project-with-gradle-or-download-a-pre-built-package/102820/10 "2017-11-03T13:08:50Z")
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