# Running ElasticSearch on OS X 10.6 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 22, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-on-os-x-10-6/2964 "2010-05-22T11:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Norman\_Khine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/norman_khine/32/3342_2.png) [@Norman\_Khine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Norman_Khine)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 11:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-on-os-x-10-6/2964/1 "2010-05-22T11:51:49Z")
hello, i just cloned the elasticsearch from gihub and run the following: araweelo:elasticsearch khinester$ bin/elasticsearch -f Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/ elasticsearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:315) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:330) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:250) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:398) $ java -version java version "1.6.0\_17" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0\_17-b04-248-10M3025) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.3-b01-101, mixed mode) JAVA\_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/ Home/ what am i missing? thanks norman ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-on-os-x-10-6/2964/2 "2010-05-22T13:58:49Z")
When you clone elasticsearch from github, you can't run it out of the box. You need to build it by running "./gradlew release", and then, the installation will be under build/distributions. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:51 PM, khinester [norman@khine.net](mailto:norman@khine.net) wrote: > hello, > i just cloned the elasticsearch from gihub and run the following: > > araweelo:elasticsearch khinester$ bin/elasticsearch -f > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/ > elasticsearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap > Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:315) > at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:330) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:250) > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:398) > > $ java -version > java version "1.6.0\_17" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0\_17-b04-248-10M3025) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.3-b01-101, mixed mode) > > JAVA\_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/ > Home/ > > what am i missing? > > thanks > norman ---
**Author:** ![Norman\_Khine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/norman_khine/32/3342_2.png) [@Norman\_Khine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Norman_Khine)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-on-os-x-10-6/2964/3 "2010-05-22T17:07:05Z")
On May 22, 3:58 pm, Shay Banon [shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.ba...@elasticsearch.com) wrote: > When you clone elasticsearch from github, you can't run it out of the box. > You need to build it by running "./gradlew release", and then, the > installation will be under build/distributions. > thanks > > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:51 PM, khinester [nor...@khine.net](mailto:nor...@khine.net) wrote: > > > hello, > > i just cloned the elasticsearch from gihub and run the following: > > > araweelo:elasticsearch khinester$ bin/elasticsearch -f > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/ > > elasticsearch/bootstrap/Bootstrap > > Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > > org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap > > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) > > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > > at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:315) > > at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:330) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:250) > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:398) > > > $ java -version > > java version "1.6.0\_17" > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0\_17-b04-248-10M3025) > > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.3-b01-101, mixed mode) > > > JAVA\_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/ > > Home/ > > > what am i missing? > > > thanks > > norman ---
**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, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/running-elasticsearch-on-os-x-10-6/2964/4 "2017-07-06T04:23:57Z")