I should mention the error and the reference...click send a little too fast.
java -cp .:zookeeper-3.4.5.jar:lib/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar:lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.6.1.jar:li b/log4j-1.2.15.jar:conf:src/java/lib/jline-0.9.94.jar \ org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeperMain -server Error: Could not find or load main class org.apache.zookeeper.ZooKeeperMain Step 6 and Step 7 here: http://zookeeper.apache.org/doc/r3.4.5/zookeeperAdmin.html#sc_zkMulitServerS etup