# Java exception when trying to run elasticsearch-sql-cli

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-exception-when-trying-to-run-elasticsearch-sql-cli/226722
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-sql
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-exception-when-trying-to-run-elasticsearch-sql-cli/226722 "2020-04-06T13:50:16Z")
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### Author: ![beerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85e7bf/32.png) [@beerman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/beerman)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-exception-when-trying-to-run-elasticsearch-sql-cli/226722/1 "2020-04-06T13:50:17Z")

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Hello,

I'm trying to run elasticsearch-sql-cli but just get a java exception. I've tried to run as a normal user, as root, and as the elasticsearch users, nothing works?  
This is on a Ubuntu 16.04 system:

```auto
cd /usr/share/elasticsearch
./bin/elasticsearch-sql-cli
future versions of Elasticsearch will require Java 11; your Java version from [/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre] does not meet this requirement
Exception in thread "main" java.io.IOError: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
        at org.jline.utils.Curses.tputs(Curses.java:62)
        at org.jline.utils.Curses.tputs(Curses.java:45)
        at org.jline.keymap.KeyMap.key(KeyMap.java:243)
        at org.jline.reader.impl.LineReaderImpl.key(LineReaderImpl.java:5666)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:175)
        at java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.forEachRemaining(Spliterators.java:948)
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:481)
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:471)
        at java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:151)
        at java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:174)
        at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
        at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEach(ReferencePipeline.java:418)
        at org.jline.reader.impl.LineReaderImpl.bindKeys(LineReaderImpl.java:5674)
        at org.jline.reader.impl.LineReaderImpl.emacs(LineReaderImpl.java:5387)
        at org.jline.reader.impl.LineReaderImpl.defaultKeyMaps(LineReaderImpl.java:5363)
        at org.jline.reader.impl.LineReaderImpl.<init>(LineReaderImpl.java:266)
        at org.jline.reader.LineReaderBuilder.build(LineReaderBuilder.java:115)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.JLineTerminal.<init>(JLineTerminal.java:47)
        at org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.cli.Cli.main(Cli.java:58)
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
        at org.jline.utils.Curses.doTputs(Curses.java:78)
        at org.jline.utils.Curses.tputs(Curses.java:60)
        ... 19 more

```

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### Author: ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-exception-when-trying-to-run-elasticsearch-sql-cli/226722/2 "2020-04-07T15:23:19Z")

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> [@beerman](#):
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> future versions of Elasticsearch will require Java 11; your Java version from [/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre] does not meet this requirement

That message is just a warning, that you will need to upgrade java in the future, but should not be considered a blocker.

Do you have a more complete stack trace, are there any logs after the last line, as those could really help.

Thank you!

--Alex

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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: [May 5, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-exception-when-trying-to-run-elasticsearch-sql-cli/226722/3 "2020-05-05T15:23:22Z")

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