topic Alfresco won't start - first run. in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-won-t-start-first-run/m-p/168886#M122316 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I have been following </SPAN><A href="http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Installing_Alfresco_on_Ubuntu_7.10" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><STRONG style="text-decoration: underline;">Installing Alfresco on Ubuntu 7.10</STRONG></A><SPAN> to install </SPAN><STRONG>alfresco-community-tomcat-2.1.0</STRONG><SPAN> on an Ubuntu 8.04 server platform.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>When I try to run it, with </SPAN><STRONG>/etc/init.d/alfresco start</STRONG><SPAN>, I get this returned:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>: command not foundo: line 5:<BR />: command not foundo: line 11:<BR />: command not foundo: line 14:<BR />: command not foundo: line 15:<BR />: No such file of directory16: cd: /opt/alfresco<BR />: command not foundo: line 17:<BR />'etc/init.d/alfresco: line 21: syntax error near unexpected token '{<BR />'etc/init.d/alfresco: line 21: 'redirect() {<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>I have checked through </SPAN><STRONG>/etc/init.d/alfresco</STRONG><SPAN>, which is what is given in the howto, but to be honest, I'm not sure what it's referring to as it says "</SPAN><STRONG>command not foundo</STRONG><SPAN>" (</SPAN><EM>foundo??? - I don't know what this is about!</EM><SPAN>), as lines 5, 11, 14, 15 and 17 are blank lines, and it seems to ignore other lines later on in the script.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I checked the file in several editors, just to see if there was any rogue characters which might be invisible in, say, Notepad.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="color:#0000ff;">EDIT: </SPAN><SPAN> In Vim, I removed these lines, run the script and the errors disappeared.&nbsp; Again, in Vim, I replaced the blank lines and the errors reappeared.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>(The original file was created in Notepad2 for Windows and moved across with SSH.)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>: No such file of directory16: cd: /opt/alfresco<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>Refers to the entry: </SPAN><STRONG>cd "$ALFRESCO_HOME"</STRONG><SPAN>.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have tried setting the path manually, but the error stays.&nbsp; </SPAN><STRONG>/opt/alfresco</STRONG><SPAN> does exist.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN style="color:#0000ff;">EDIT: </SPAN><SPAN>I just replaced </SPAN><STRONG>cd "$ALFRESCO_HOME"</STRONG><SPAN> with </SPAN><STRONG>cd /opt/alfresco</STRONG><SPAN> and that error has gone.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>'etc/init.d/alfresco: line 21: syntax error near unexpected token '{<BR />'etc/init.d/alfresco: line 21: 'redirect() {<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN>Not being too familiar with shell scripts, it looks OK to me as, the following entries end with a </SPAN><STRONG>}</STRONG><SPAN>.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:58:04 GMT alloydog 2008-08-14T10:58:04Z Alfresco won't start - first run. https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-won-t-start-first-run/m-p/168886#M122316 I have been following Installing Alfresco on Ubuntu 7.10 to install alfresco-community-tomcat-2.1.0 on an Ubuntu 8.04 server platform.When I try to run it, with /etc/init.d/alfresco start, I get this returned:: command not foundo: line 5:: command not foundo: line 11:: command not foundo: line 14:: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:58:04 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-won-t-start-first-run/m-p/168886#M122316 alloydog 2008-08-14T10:58:04Z Re: Alfresco won't start - first run. https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-won-t-start-first-run/m-p/168887#M122317 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I noticed didn't run the script as root.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Doing so gives this:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>: not found/alfresco: 11:<BR />: not found/alfresco: 14:<BR />: not found/alfresco: 15:<BR />: not found/alfresco: 17:<BR />: not found/alfresco: 22:<BR />Redirecting port start to&nbsp; ()<BR />iptables v1.3.8: unknown protocol `–dport' specified<BR />Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables –help' for more information.<BR />iptables v1.3.8: Unknown arg `–dport'<BR />Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables –help' for more information.<BR />iptables v1.3.8: Unknown arg `–dport'<BR />Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables –help' for more information.<BR />: not found/alfresco: 27: }<BR />: not found/alfresco: 28:<BR />: not found/alfresco: 33:<BR />: Directory nonexistent4: cannot create /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward<BR />iptables: No chain/target/match by that name<BR />: not found/alfresco: 38: {<BR />: not found/alfresco: 39:<BR />: not found/alfresco: 41: {<BR />: not found/alfresco: 42: {<BR />: not found/alfresco: 43: {<BR />: not found/alfresco: 44: {<BR />: not found/alfresco: 45: }<BR />: not found/alfresco: 46:<BR />: not found/alfresco: 51:<BR />: not found/alfresco: 52: }<BR />: not found/alfresco: 53:<BR />/etc/init.d/alfresco: 54: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting "in")<BR />:~$ javaldx: Could not find a Java Runtime Environment!<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE></BODY></HTML> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:25:17 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/alfresco-won-t-start-first-run/m-p/168887#M122317 alloydog 2008-08-15T10:25:17Z