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I followed the instructions here, but when I try to start Kafka with this command I get an error:

kafka@vertica-2:~$ ~/kafka/bin/kafka-server-start.sh ~/kafka/config/server.properties

Error: Could not find or load main class .home.kafka.kafka.config.server.properties
skunkwerk
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  • That is weird. The error indicates, that the script tries to use your server.properties file as a Java class. Can you debug the script by execution it via `bash -x ~/kafka/bin/kafka-server-start.sh ~/kafka/config/server.properties` and add the output to your question? – Matthias J. Sax Aug 03 '16 at 19:23
  • You can see your answer in [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/38264396/6768729) – Farshad Dec 09 '16 at 09:51

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Make sure you downloaded the bin version, not the uncompiled source(unless you compile it yourself). This error will happen when trying to start the server from uncompiled source.

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Update your Java version to be compatible with particular Kafka build. You can use below link to update your Java version:

https://computingforgeeks.com/install-oracle-java-openjdk-14-on-centosfedora-linux/#:~:text=Visit%20JDK%2014%20releases%20page%20to%20download%20the%20latest%20archive.&text=Extract%20the%20downloaded%20OpenJDK%2014%20archive%20file%20using%20tar%20command.&text=Move%20the%20resulting%20folder%20to%20%2Fopt%20directory.&text=Confirm%20Java%20version.

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