# Java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/bootstrap/ElasticSearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-elasticsearch/4558>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 5, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-elasticsearch/4558 "2011-06-05T17:15:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tjyang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tjyang/32/3214_2.png) [@tjyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tjyang)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-elasticsearch/4558/1 "2011-06-05T17:15:50Z")

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**Author:** ![tjyang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tjyang/32/3214_2.png) [@tjyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tjyang)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-elasticsearch/4558/2 "2011-06-05T17:23:01Z")

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Sorry for the noise. I didn't finish reading the guide all the way.

I should have run the elasticsearch in /build/distributions/elasticsearch-0.17.0-SNAPSHOT/.

tj

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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, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-org-elasticsearch-bootstrap-elasticsearch/4558/3 "2017-07-06T04:04:30Z")

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