# You must set the ES\_CLASSPATH var

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/you-must-set-the-es-classpath-var/10320
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 12, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/you-must-set-the-es-classpath-var/10320 "2013-01-12T11:47:33Z")
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### Author: ![chachacha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@chachacha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chachacha)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/you-must-set-the-es-classpath-var/10320/1 "2013-01-12T11:47:33Z")

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Upon runnung the file elasticsearch I got the folowing error:

"You must set the ES\_CLASSPATH var"

Here some screen termnial screenshot and the shell file

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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, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/you-must-set-the-es-classpath-var/10320/2 "2017-07-06T02:56:48Z")

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