Apache Kafka error on windows - Couldnot find or load main class QuorumPeerMain

Question

I just downloaded Kafka 2.8.0 from Apache website, and I am trying to setup using the instructions given on the website. But when I try to start zookeper server, I am gettin

Answer 1

I used to meet the issue by running below cmd via git bash tool.

bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper.properties

Solution: I switched to cygwin tool (http://cygwin.com/) to run the same cmd and I did not see the issue any more.