# Starting elasticsearch: which: no java in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin) Could not find any executable java binary. Please install java in your PATH or set JAVA\_HOME

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 10, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-elasticsearch-which-no-java-in-sbin-usr-sbin-bin-usr-bin-could-not-find-any-executable-java-binary-please-install-java-in-your-path-or-set-java-home/96546 "2017-08-10T04:30:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![shashwat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@shashwat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shashwat)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-elasticsearch-which-no-java-in-sbin-usr-sbin-bin-usr-bin-could-not-find-any-executable-java-binary-please-install-java-in-your-path-or-set-java-home/96546/1 "2017-08-10T04:30:35Z")

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Hi,

I am installing elasticsearch 5.5.1 on Linux 64 bit machine without root access. After installation, When I run following command to start service :  
sudo -i service elasticsearch start

I get this error message:  
Starting elasticsearch: which: no java in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin) Could not find any executable java binary. Please install java in your PATH or set JAVA\_HOME

When I check my Java configuration :  
echo $JAVA\_HOME = /home/pps/elk/jdk1.8.0\_144/bin/java  
echo $PATH = /home/pps/elk/jdk1.8.0\_144/bin/java/bin

I have also made changes in /etc/sysconfig/elasticsearch for JAVA\_HOME as below:  
JAVA\_HOME=/home/pps/elk/jdk1.8.0\_144/bin/java

BUT still it is not working. Am I missing something.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-elasticsearch-which-no-java-in-sbin-usr-sbin-bin-usr-bin-could-not-find-any-executable-java-binary-please-install-java-in-your-path-or-set-java-home/96546/2 "2017-08-10T07:02:37Z")

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Yes, strip `bin/java` from the definition of `JAVA_HOME`, the startup script appends this.

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**Author:** ![shashwat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@shashwat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shashwat)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-elasticsearch-which-no-java-in-sbin-usr-sbin-bin-usr-bin-could-not-find-any-executable-java-binary-please-install-java-in-your-path-or-set-java-home/96546/3 "2017-08-10T08:16:45Z")

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Thanks for the quick reply. I did this change and also made java re-install as previous one was not behaving correctly due to multiple versions installed on machine.  
With both the changes I am able to run it now. Once again thanks.

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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:** [September 7, 2017, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/starting-elasticsearch-which-no-java-in-sbin-usr-sbin-bin-usr-bin-could-not-find-any-executable-java-binary-please-install-java-in-your-path-or-set-java-home/96546/4 "2017-09-07T08:16:55Z")

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