[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9201?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=16976326#comment-16976326 ]
Matthias J. Sax commented on KAFKA-9201: ---------------------------------------- Did you build Kafka? If yes, what command did you use? Why did you not download the binaries, but the source code? > Error: Could not find or load main class kafka.Kafka > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-9201 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-9201 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Bug > Components: tools > Affects Versions: 2.3.0 > Reporter: wanglei > Priority: Major > > I downloaded kafka2.3.1 on > [*https://www-us.apache.org/dist/kafka/2.3.1/kafka-2.3.1-src.tgz*] > and edited server.propertie > when I run this command,it report the error below: > [root@kafka1 kafka]# ./bin/kafka-server-start.sh config/server.propertie > Error: Could not find or load main class kafka.Kafka -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)