# Can't run kotlinc-jvm command

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-run-kotlinc-jvm-command/13296>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 2, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-run-kotlinc-jvm-command/13296 "2019-07-02T04:22:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![aasril](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/aasril/32/6529_2.png) [@aasril](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/aasril)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-run-kotlinc-jvm-command/13296/1 "2019-07-02T04:22:43Z")

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I installed latest Kotlin and Java (tried both v 8 and 11) by using sdkman on Ubuntu 18.04.

I’m under assumption that I can have Kotlin REPL by running `kotlinc-jvm` on command line. I tried it but I’m getting this error:

```auto
exception: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jline/reader/LineReaderBuilder
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.repl.reader.ConsoleReplCommandReader.<init>(ConsoleReplCommandReader.kt:19)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.repl.configuration.ConsoleReplConfiguration.<init>(ConsoleReplConfiguration.kt:19)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.repl.ReplFromTerminal$Companion.run(ReplFromTerminal.kt:158)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.scripting.compiler.plugin.JvmCliReplShellExtension.run(JvmCliReplShellExtension.kt:24)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.doExecute(K2JVMCompiler.kt:111)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.doExecute(K2JVMCompiler.kt:56)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler.execImpl(CLICompiler.kt:84)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLICompiler.execImpl(CLICompiler.kt:42)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool.exec(CLITool.kt:104)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool.exec(CLITool.kt:82)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool.exec(CLITool.kt:50)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool$Companion.doMainNoExit(CLITool.kt:215)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.CLITool$Companion.doMain(CLITool.kt:207)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler$Companion.main(K2JVMCompiler.kt:296)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.K2JVMCompiler.main(K2JVMCompiler.kt)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.preloading.Preloader.run(Preloader.java:81)
        at org.jetbrains.kotlin.preloading.Preloader.main(Preloader.java:43)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jline.reader.LineReaderBuilder
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
        ... 21 more

```

```auto
$ kotlinc-jvm -version
info: kotlinc-jvm 1.3.40 (JRE 1.8.0_212-b03)

$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_212"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 1.8.0_212-b03)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 25.212-b03, mixed mode)

```

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**Author:** ![Alexey.Belkov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/alexey.belkov/32/5215_2.png) [@Alexey.Belkov](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/Alexey.Belkov)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/cant-run-kotlinc-jvm-command/13296/2 "2019-07-02T07:48:16Z")

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This is a bug that’s going to be fixed in the nearest bugfix release: [https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-32085](https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-32085)