org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException after installing elasticsearch 5.0.2

[DeepSea]

I am completely new to ELK. I'm trying to install 5.0.2. logstash works fine but when I run elasticsearch.bat I get the following:

[2016-12-09T15:17:43,484][WARN ][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] []
uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootst
rapException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\IBM_ADMIN\Documents\ELK\el
asticsearch-5.0.2\lib\elasticsearch-${project.version}.jar (The system cannot fi
nd the file specified)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125
) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:
112) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54)
~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:9
6) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-5
.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:89)
~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:82)
~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.BootstrapException: java.io.FileNotFoundE
xception: C:\Users\IBM_ADMIN\Documents\ELK\elasticsearch-5.0.2\lib\elasticsearch
-${project.version}.jar (The system cannot find the file specified)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:186) ~[ela
sticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:291) ~[elas
ticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121
) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
... 6 more
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\IBM_ADMIN\Documents\ELK\elast
icsearch-5.0.2\lib\elasticsearch-${project.version}.jar (The system cannot find
the file specified)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_112]
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.(ZipFile.java:219) ~[?:1.8.0_112]
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.(ZipFile.java:149) ~[?:1.8.0_112]
at java.util.jar.JarFile.(JarFile.java:166) ~[?:1.8.0_112]
at java.util.jar.JarFile.(JarFile.java:103) ~[?:1.8.0_112]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:175) ~[
elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.JarHell.checkJarHell(JarHell.java:88) ~[e
lasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:184) ~[ela
sticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:291) ~[elas
ticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121
) ~[elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar:5.0.2]
... 6 more

It looks to me like it's failing to find elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar, but that file is definitely present C:\Users\IBM_ADMIN\Documents\ELK\elasticsearch-5.0.2\lib.

[dadoonet (David Pilato)]

You did not download elasticsearch from the download page, right?

[DeepSea]

Hi David. Thanks for the reply. I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I think you'll find things less confusing if you ask your questions as questions rather than statements. I know it'll work better for me anyway. In fact that's exactly where I downloaded it from.

[dadoonet (David Pilato)]

I just downloaded https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-5.0.2.zip, unzipped it and looked at bin/elasticsearch.in.bat which declares this library within this line:

set ES_CLASSPATH=!ES_HOME!/lib/elasticsearch-5.0.2.jar;!ES_HOME!/lib/*

No ${project.version} here which is what you can have if you download from Github instead of the download service.

That's why I asked this confirmation before investigating more.

Can you download again from the link I pasted, unzip in a new directory and launch it again?

[DeepSea]

Thanks David, I didn't mean to be dismissive of your question, I just wanted to suggest a less confusing style of interaction. You were on the right track. I had already run into the problem described by "Fix handling of spaces in Windows paths #21921". I grabbed the updated versions of three .bat files from github, which resolved the problem with JAVA_HOME, but then I hit the problem described here. It should have occurred to me that the github versions were in some way responsible, but I had taken it for granted that they would be compatible, and did not at first suspect them. Anyway I have now compared the original downloads of the three .bat files with the github versions for #21921 and by taking the right bits of each I appear to have elasticsearch starting okay. Thanks again for taking the trouble to reply.