There is something wrong with your configuration. Here is what I get on my side:
#:~/foo$ wget http://apache.mirror.rafal.ca/hbase/hbase-0.94.8/hbase-0.94.8.tar.gz --2013-06-03 13:41:30-- http://apache.mirror.rafal.ca/hbase/hbase-0.94.8/hbase-0.94.8.tar.gz Resolving apache.mirror.rafal.ca (apache.mirror.rafal.ca)... 207.210.46.249, 2001:470:1d:3c0:216:3eff:fe3f:746a Connecting to apache.mirror.rafal.ca (apache.mirror.rafal.ca)|207.210.46.249|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 57691943 (55M) [application/x-gzip] Saving to: `hbase-0.94.8.tar.gz' 100%[=>] 57,691,943 2.11M/s in 35s 2013-06-03 13:42:06 (1.55 MB/s) - `hbase-0.94.8.tar.gz' saved [57691943/57691943] #:~/foo$ tar -xzf hbase-0.94.8.tar.gz #:~/foo$ cd hbase-0.94.8/ #:~/foo/hbase-0.94.8$ export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk1.6.0_45/ #:~/foo/hbase-0.94.8$ bin/start-hbase.sh starting master, logging to /home/jmspaggiari/foo/hbase-0.94.8/bin/../logs/hbase-jmspaggiari-master-cloudera.out #:~/foo/hbase-0.94.8$ echo version | bin/hbase shell HBase Shell; enter 'help<RETURN>' for list of supported commands. Type "exit<RETURN>" to leave the HBase Shell Version 0.94.8, r1485407, Wed May 22 20:53:13 UTC 2013 version 0.94.8, r1485407, Wed May 22 20:53:13 UTC 2013 What's the result of echo $JAVA_HOME on you system? Also are you running open JDK? Or Oracle JDK? JM 2013/6/3 zenbowman <[email protected]>: > Still the same, thanks for your help though > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-hbase.679495.n3.nabble.com/Error-Could-not-find-or-load-main-class-org-apache-hadoop-hbase-util-GetJavaProperty-tp4045637p4045641.html > Sent from the HBase User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
