How to resolve the error “Unable to access jarfile ApacheJMeter.jar errorlevel=1” while initiating Jmeter?

Question

Download Jmeter and execute the batch file (Jmeter\\apache-jmeter-2.6\\bin\\jmeter.bat).
We get the error message in the console:

Unable to access jarfil         


        

Answer 1

JMeter should be started using :

• jmeter/bin/jmeter.sh for Linux
• jmeter/bin/jmeter.bat for windows

this will ensure correct property files are read and necessary jars in lib are loaded.

any other method will expose you to a lot of trouble.

the most upvoted answer is wrong !

See 1.4 Running JMeter in reference documentation :

• https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/get-started.html

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