# Error starting OpenElis **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [March 14, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331 "2025-03-14T05:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DebbieLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@DebbieLou](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/DebbieLou)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/1 "2025-03-14T05:21:47Z")
My name is Deborah & i’m new to OpenElis. I’ve encountered the error below while following these steps. I am running on Ubuntu 24.04 & i’m using Java 11 cd OpenELIS-Global-2 git submodule update --init --recursive cd dataexport mvn clean install -DskipTests Error: [https://pastebin.com/Yct87gYz](https://pastebin.com/Yct87gYz) ---
**Author:** ![Moses\_Mutesasira](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/moses_mutesasira/32/72_2.png) [@Moses\_Mutesasira](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Moses_Mutesasira)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 6:45am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/2 "2025-03-14T06:45:05Z")
Hello @DebbieLou , The pastebin link is no longer accesible . But currently you need to upgrade to Java 21 for development ---
**Author:** ![DebbieLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@DebbieLou](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/DebbieLou)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/3 "2025-03-14T07:04:28Z")
Hi Moses, I guess let me uninstall java 8 coz I had both 8 & 21 then I try again. Regards, Deborah ---
**Author:** ![Moses\_Mutesasira](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/moses_mutesasira/32/72_2.png) [@Moses\_Mutesasira](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Moses_Mutesasira)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:14am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/4 "2025-03-14T07:14:39Z")
You dont need to uninstall any . you can always have multiple java versions installed and only switch to whatever version you need to use , technically updating the `PATH` and `JAVA_HOME` variables I think on ubuntu you just run `sudo update-alternatives --config java` ---
**Author:** ![DebbieLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@DebbieLou](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/DebbieLou)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/5 "2025-03-14T07:32:24Z")
Thanks for the guidance. i will update once i re-run the commands ---
**Author:** ![DebbieLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@DebbieLou](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/DebbieLou)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/6 "2025-03-14T07:40:29Z")
See the error when i try to run the steps. Did i not clone it right? debbie@debbie-HP-ZBook-14u-G5:~$ cd /home/debbie/OpenELIS-Global-2 debbie@debbie-HP-ZBook-14u-G5:~/OpenELIS-Global-2$ git submodule update --init --recursive fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git debbie@debbie-HP-ZBook-14u-G5:~/OpenELIS-Global-2$ cd dataexport bash: cd: dataexport: No such file or directory ---
**Author:** ![aditya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@aditya](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/aditya)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/7 "2025-03-15T07:25:27Z")
Are u using a windows machine? If yes Then you should have installed Git in your Pc first then Java 21 { and an extra step setup PATH } after that only try to run the steps! ---
**Author:** ![tasksolver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/tasksolver/32/1067_2.png) [@tasksolver](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/tasksolver)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/8 "2025-03-15T20:01:40Z")
please re-share the link and consider updrading to Java 21, the re-run and share the results ---
**Author:** ![DebbieLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@DebbieLou](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/DebbieLou)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/9 "2025-03-16T05:43:16Z")
I’m using Linux & java 21 however when i get to the step for maven clean & build, i get all these errors. Check out this paste bin. [https://pastebin.com/UMc5GGx1](https://pastebin.com/UMc5GGx1) ---
**Author:** ![DebbieLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@DebbieLou](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/DebbieLou)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 6:23am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/10 "2025-03-16T06:23:14Z")
Please ignore. I’ve reviewed the errors & they were about version conflict. I’ve made java 21 my default & I’ve successfully run through the set up. ---
**Author:** ![tasksolver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/tasksolver/32/1067_2.png) [@tasksolver](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/tasksolver)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/11 "2025-03-16T08:44:19Z")
Bingo …!!, you are good to go now ---
**Author:** ![DebbieLou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@DebbieLou](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/DebbieLou)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/12 "2025-03-16T09:25:17Z")
No, I’m not good yet. i got excited early but I couldn’t complete stage 5, with the error below. It seems i dont have the necessary permissions debbie@debbie-HP-ZBook-14u-G5:~/git\_projects/OpenELIS-Global-2$ docker-compose -f dev.docker-compose.yml up -d WARN[0000] /home/debbie/git\_projects/OpenELIS-Global-2/dev.docker-compose.yml: the attribute `version` is obsolete, it will be ignored, please remove it to avoid potential confusion [+] Running 4/4 ✔ Container openelisglobal-proxy Stopped 0.0s ✘ Container openelisglobal-webapp Error while Stopping 14.1s ✔ Container d3f01bd69b9b\_openelisglobal-webapp Stopped 0.0s ✘ Container external-fhir-api Error while Stopping 14.1s Error response from daemon: cannot stop container: cc6576e7eaf7baadb445f69af971823c7aa54f6cbb87126fd9215321d90cfeed: permission denied ---
**Author:** ![tasksolver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/tasksolver/32/1067_2.png) [@tasksolver](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/tasksolver)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/13 "2025-03-16T10:44:58Z")
try running `sudo docker-compose -f dev.docker-compose.yml up -d` ---
**Author:** ![Mohammad\_Kamal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.openelis-global.org/mohammad_kamal/32/768_2.png) [@Mohammad\_Kamal](https://talk.openelis-global.org/u/Mohammad_Kamal)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 9:56am UTC](https://talk.openelis-global.org/t/error-starting-openelis/1331/14 "2025-03-18T09:56:19Z")
Can you send the logs of this command mvn clean install -DskipTests