# NoSuchMethodError cannot initialize es **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 15, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124 "2012-06-15T16:36:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nelalx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nelalx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nelalx)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124/1 "2012-06-15T16:36:09Z")
I tried elasticsearch versions 18.0,19.2 and 19.3 but can't initialize ES getting same Exception [2012-06-15 11:59:20,439][INFO][node] [Nightmare] {0.19.2}[5113]: initializing ... [2012-06-15 11:59:20,448][INFO][plugins] [Nightmare] loaded [], sites [head] [2012-06-15 11:59:22,909][ERROR][bootstrap] {0.19.2}: Initialization Failed ... 1. NoSuchMethodError[org.apache. lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer.(Lorg/apache/lucene/util/Version;)V]2) NoClassDefFoundError[Could not initialize class org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene] ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124/2 "2012-06-15T16:40:45Z")
You have probably another Lucene Jar in your classloader, no ? David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:36, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > I tried elasticsearch versions 18.0,19.2 and 19.3 but can't initialize ES getting same Exception > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,439][INFO][node] [Nightmare] {0.19.2}[5113]: initializing ... > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,448][INFO][plugins] [Nightmare] loaded , sites [head] > [2012-06-15 11:59:22,909][ERROR][bootstrap] {0.19.2}: Initialization Failed ... > > 1. NoSuchMethodError[org.apache. > lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer.(Lorg/apache/lucene/util/Version;)V]2) NoClassDefFoundError[Could not initialize class org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene] ---
**Author:** ![nelalx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nelalx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nelalx)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124/3 "2012-06-15T16:53:37Z")
Hi , Thankyou so much the reply..Being a newbie i jus got confused, i m sry if i am wrong,, by the term classsloader did you mean the jar in the java library.. thanks nel On Friday, June 15, 2012 10:10:45 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > You have probably another Lucene Jar in your classloader, no ? > > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:36, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > > > I tried elasticsearch versions 18.0,19.2 and 19.3 but can't initialize > > ES getting same Exception > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,439][INFO][node] [Nightmare] > > {0.19.2}[5113]: initializing ... > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,448][INFO][plugins] [Nightmare] > > loaded , sites [head] > > [2012-06-15 11:59:22,909][ERROR][bootstrap] {0.19.2}: > > Initialization Failed ... > > > > 1. NoSuchMethodError[org.apache. > > lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer.(Lorg/apache/lucene/util/Version;)V]2) > NoClassDefFoundError[Could not initialize class > org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene] ---
**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:** [June 15, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124/4 "2012-06-15T17:07:52Z")
Yes. Do you only start ES or are you trying to run it from java ? Did you install plugins ? David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:53, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > Hi , > > Thankyou so much the reply..Being a newbie i jus got confused, i m sry if i am wrong,, by the term classsloader did you mean the jar in the java library.. > > thanks nel > > On Friday, June 15, 2012 10:10:45 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > You have probably another Lucene Jar in your classloader, no ? > > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:36, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > > > I tried elasticsearch versions 18.0,19.2 and 19.3 but can't initialize ES getting same Exception > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,439][INFO][node] [Nightmare] {0.19.2}[5113]: initializing ... > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,448][INFO][plugins] [Nightmare] loaded , sites [head] > > [2012-06-15 11:59:22,909][ERROR][bootstrap] {0.19.2}: Initialization Failed ... > > > > 1. NoSuchMethodError[org.apache. > > lucene.analysis.standard.StandardAnalyzer.(Lorg/apache/lucene/util/Version;)V]2) NoClassDefFoundError[Could not initialize class org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.Lucene] ---
**Author:** ![nelalx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nelalx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nelalx)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124/5 "2012-06-15T17:12:04Z")
Hi,, I just tried to start ES. No i didnt install any plugins.. thanks nel On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:37 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > Yes. Do you only start ES or are you trying to run it from java ? > > Did you install plugins ? > > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:53, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > > Hi , > > Thankyou so much the reply..Being a newbie i jus got confused, i m sry > if i am wrong,, by the term classsloader did you mean the jar in the java > library.. > > thanks nel > > On Friday, June 15, 2012 10:10:45 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > > > You have probably another Lucene Jar in your classloader, no ? > > > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > > > Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:36, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > > > > > I tried elasticsearch versions 18.0,19.2 and 19.3 but can't initialize > > > ES getting same Exception > > > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,439][INFO][node] [Nightmare] > > > {0.19.2}[5113]: initializing ... > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,448][INFO][plugins] [Nightmare] > > > loaded , sites [head] > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:22,909][ERROR][bootstrap] {0.19.2}: > > > Initialization Failed ... > > > > > > 1. NoSuchMethodError[org.apache. > > > lucene.analysis.standard.**StandardAnalyzer.(Lorg/** > > > apache/lucene/util/Version;)V]\*\*2) NoClassDefFoundError[Could not > > > initialize class org.elasticsearch.common.\*\*lucene.Lucene] ---
**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124/6 "2012-06-15T18:00:33Z")
As David said, it's most likely a class path issue. Open bin/elasticsearch in a text editor and add "echo" before exec in the foreground section: ``` if ["x$foreground" != "x"]; then es_parms="$es_parms -Des.foreground=yes" *echo* exec "$JAVA" $JAVA_OPTS $ES_JAVA_OPTS $es_parms ``` -Des.path.home="$ES\_HOME" -cp "$ES\_CLASSPATH" $props org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch else Then start elasticsearch with -f flag and check the class path that elasticsearch is running with. On Friday, June 15, 2012 1:12:04 PM UTC-4, nel wrote: > Hi,, > I just tried to start ES. No i didnt install any plugins.. > thanks > nel > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:37 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > > > Yes. Do you only start ES or are you trying to run it from java ? > > > > Did you install plugins ? > > > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > > > Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:53, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > > > > Hi , > > > > Thankyou so much the reply..Being a newbie i jus got confused, i m sry > > if i am wrong,, by the term classsloader did you mean the jar in the java > > library.. > > > > thanks nel > > > > On Friday, June 15, 2012 10:10:45 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > > > > > You have probably another Lucene Jar in your classloader, no ? > > > > > > David 😉 > > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > > > > > Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:36, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > > > > > > > I tried elasticsearch versions 18.0,19.2 and 19.3 but can't initialize > > > > ES getting same Exception > > > > > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,439][INFO][node] > > > > [Nightmare] {0.19.2}[5113]: initializing ... > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,448][INFO][plugins] > > > > [Nightmare] loaded , sites [head] > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:22,909][ERROR][bootstrap] {0.19.2}: > > > > Initialization Failed ... > > > > > > > > 1. NoSuchMethodError[org.apache. > > > > lucene.analysis.standard.**StandardAnalyzer.(Lorg/** > > > > apache/lucene/util/Version;)V]\*\*2) NoClassDefFoundError[Could not > > > > initialize class org.elasticsearch.common.\*\*lucene.Lucene] ---
**Author:** ![nelalx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nelalx](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nelalx)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124/7 "2012-06-15T18:15:30Z")
Hi, thank you... let me try that. On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Igor Motov [imotov@gmail.com](mailto:imotov@gmail.com) wrote: > As David said, it's most likely a class path issue. Open bin/elasticsearch > in a text editor and add "echo" before exec in the foreground section: > > ``` > if ["x$foreground" != "x"]; then > es_parms="$es_parms -Des.foreground=yes" > *echo* exec "$JAVA" $JAVA_OPTS $ES_JAVA_OPTS $es_parms > > ``` > > -Des.path.home="$ES\_HOME" -cp "$ES\_CLASSPATH" $props > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch > else > > Then start elasticsearch with -f flag and check the class path that > elasticsearch is running with. > > On Friday, June 15, 2012 1:12:04 PM UTC-4, nel wrote: > > > Hi,, > > I just tried to start ES. No i didnt install any plugins.. > > thanks > > nel > > > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 10:37 PM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > > > > > Yes. Do you only start ES or are you trying to run it from java ? > > > > > > Did you install plugins ? > > > > > > David 😉 > > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > > > > > Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:53, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > > > > > > Hi , > > > > > > Thankyou so much the reply..Being a newbie i jus got confused, i m > > > sry if i am wrong,, by the term classsloader did you mean the jar in the > > > java library.. > > > > > > thanks nel > > > > > > On Friday, June 15, 2012 10:10:45 PM UTC+5:30, David Pilato wrote: > > > > > > > You have probably another Lucene Jar in your classloader, no ? > > > > > > > > David 😉 > > > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > > > > > > > Le 15 juin 2012 à 18:36, nel [NeilAlex@algotree.com](mailto:NeilAlex@algotree.com) a écrit : > > > > > > > > > I tried elasticsearch versions 18.0,19.2 and 19.3 but can't > > > > > initialize ES getting same Exception > > > > > > > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,439][INFO][node] > > > > > [Nightmare] {0.19.2}[5113]: initializing ... > > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:20,448][INFO][plugins] > > > > > [Nightmare] loaded , sites [head] > > > > > [2012-06-15 11:59:22,909][ERROR][bootstrap] {0.19.2}: > > > > > Initialization Failed ... > > > > > > > > > > 1. NoSuchMethodError[org.apache. > > > > > lucene.analysis.standard. **Stand** ardAnalyzer.(Lorg/ **apache** > > > > > /lucene/util/Version;)V]\*\*2) NoClassDefFoundError[Could not initialize > > > > > class org.elasticsearch.common. **lucen** e.Lucene] ---
**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, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-cannot-initialize-es/8124/8 "2017-07-06T03:23:50Z")