# Stardog doesn't install **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [June 24, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/stardog-doesnt-install/1754 "2019-06-24T16:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![deepthi.sundaram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@deepthi.sundaram](https://community.stardog.com/u/deepthi.sundaram)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/stardog-doesnt-install/1754/1 "2019-06-24T16:09:13Z")
## Hi, I am new to stardog. Just valuating stardog for our needs. But am not able to install it correctly. I followed the Quick start guide and when i try and run "stardog-admin.bat server start" I get the following error: Error injecting constructor, java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError at com.complexible.stardog.StardogKernel.(StardogKernel.java:278) at com.complexible.stardog.StardogKernel.class(StardogKernel.java:278) while locating com.complexible.stardog.StardogKernel while locating com.complexible.stardog.Kernel ---
**Author:** ![jess](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.stardog.com/jess/32/10_2.png) [@jess](https://community.stardog.com/u/jess)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/stardog-doesnt-install/1754/2 "2019-06-24T17:12:04Z")
Hi! Can you verify that you are using Java 8? If so, can you please share the entire trace from the log file? Best, Jess ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/stardog/original/2X/e/ed66b48a616f505106a4acde3c9cee7e6da9bc67.svg) [@system](https://community.stardog.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.stardog.com/t/stardog-doesnt-install/1754/4 "2019-07-08T17:24:12Z")
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