# Problem with installation of Confluent platform **URL:** \ **Category:** Ops\ **Created:** [22 February 2021 15:37 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/problem-with-installation-of-confluent-platform/987 "2021-02-22T15:37:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GiuseppeR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@GiuseppeR](https://forum.confluent.io/u/GiuseppeR)\ **Post date:** [22 February 2021 15:37 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/problem-with-installation-of-confluent-platform/987/1 "2021-02-22T15:37:23Z")
Hi, I’m Giuseppe from Italy and I’m new on Conluent platform. I’m following this quick start guide: [https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/quickstart/ce-quickstart.html#ce-quickstart](https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/quickstart/ce-quickstart.html#ce-quickstart) when I try to start services: ```auto confluent local services start ``` I receive the error: ```auto Error: open ~/Documenti/confluent/etc/kafka/zookeeper.properties: no such file or directory ``` I downloaded the zip Confluent Platform and uncompress it on my dir `~/Documenti/confluent/` I’m on a remote VM based on Linux Ubuntu operating system. Please someone help me? Thanks. Giuseppe ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [22 February 2021 18:30 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/problem-with-installation-of-confluent-platform/987/2 "2021-02-22T18:30:14Z")
Hi Giuseppe, I guess you’ve you set the CONFLUENT\_HOME path correctly? zookeeper.properties file exists? br, Michael ---
**Author:** ![GiuseppeR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@GiuseppeR](https://forum.confluent.io/u/GiuseppeR)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2021 10:50 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/problem-with-installation-of-confluent-platform/987/3 "2021-02-24T10:50:56Z")
Hi, Yes I have set CONFLUENT\_HOME with: ```auto export CONFLUENT_HOME="~/Documenti/confluent/" export PATH=$PATH:$CONFLUENT_HOME/bin ``` and start confluent with: ```auto confluent local services start ``` the `zookeeper.properties` file exists. When I try to launch confluent the response is: ```auto The local commands are intended for a single-node development environment only, NOT for production usage. https://docs.confluent.io/current/cli/index.html Using CONFLUENT_CURRENT: /tmp/confluent.993290 Error: open ~/Documenti/confluent/etc/kafka/zookeeper.properties: no such file or directory ``` Hoping you can help me. Thx ---
**Author:** ![rmoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/rmoff/32/3_2.png) [@rmoff](https://forum.confluent.io/u/rmoff)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2021 11:34 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/problem-with-installation-of-confluent-platform/987/4 "2021-02-24T11:34:08Z")
What’s the output of ```nohighlight du -sh ~/Documenti/confluent/ ``` and ```auto ls -l ~/Documenti/confluent/etc/kafka ``` ---
**Author:** ![mmuehlbeyer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/mmuehlbeyer/32/1088_2.png) [@mmuehlbeyer](https://forum.confluent.io/u/mmuehlbeyer)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2021 11:37 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/problem-with-installation-of-confluent-platform/987/5 "2021-02-24T11:37:24Z")
Hi, played around a little in my local env, seems the issue is related to the “” in setting CONFLUENT\_HOME path. would you please try ```auto export CONFLUENT_HOME=~/Documenti/confluent/ ``` instead of ```auto export CONFLUENT_HOME="~/Documenti/confluent/" ``` HTH Michael ---
**Author:** ![GiuseppeR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d07c76/32.png) [@GiuseppeR](https://forum.confluent.io/u/GiuseppeR)\ **Post date:** [24 February 2021 11:41 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/problem-with-installation-of-confluent-platform/987/6 "2021-02-24T11:41:33Z")
Hi, the output of du -sh ~/Documenti/confluent/ is 1,8G /home/kafka/Documenti/confluent/ and for ls -l ~/Documenti/confluent/etc/kafka is totale 88 -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 696 feb 4 17:40 aegis-log4j.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 114 feb 4 17:40 aegis.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 906 feb 4 17:40 connect-console-sink.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 909 feb 4 17:40 connect-console-source.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 5398 feb 22 12:56 connect-distributed.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 883 feb 4 17:40 connect-file-sink.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 881 feb 4 17:40 connect-file-source.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 2247 feb 4 17:40 connect-log4j.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 2540 feb 4 17:40 connect-mirror-maker.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 2339 feb 22 12:56 connect-standalone.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 1221 feb 4 17:40 consumer.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 6913 feb 4 17:40 log4j.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 1925 feb 4 17:40 producer.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 12407 feb 4 17:40 server.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 1032 feb 4 17:40 tools-log4j.properties -rw-r–r-- 1 kafka kafka 1169 feb 4 17:40 trogdor.conf -rwxrwxrwx 1 kafka kafka 1371 feb 22 15:33 zookeeper.properties @ mmuehlbeyer GREAT!!! The problem was " " in the export! Now it seems work! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/confluentcommunity/original/1X/c49438c90c9df282e9996fdf6971be890c71b65a.svg) [@system](https://forum.confluent.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [3 March 2021 11:42 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/problem-with-installation-of-confluent-platform/987/7 "2021-03-03T11:42:01Z")
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