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Manikumar resolved KAFKA-3743. ------------------------------ Resolution: Duplicate > kafka-server-start.sh: Unhelpful error message > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-3743 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3743 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: tools > Affects Versions: 0.10.0.0 > Reporter: Magnus Edenhill > Priority: Minor > > When trying to start Kafka from an uncompiled source tarball rather than the > binary the kafka-server-start.sh command gives a mystical error message: > ``` > $ bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.properties > Error: Could not find or load main class config.server.properties > ``` > This could probably be improved to say something closer to the truth. > This is on 0.10.0.0-rc6 tarball from github. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)