# Datomic console not supported on current version? **URL:** \ **Category:** Datomic Pro\ **Created:** [May 21, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463 "2020-05-21T21:13:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ysmiraak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ysmiraak](https://forum.datomic.com/u/ysmiraak)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463/1 "2020-05-21T21:13:40Z")
i recently started learning datomic, and the experience has been amazing. however when i tried the console, following the on-prem documentation, i got the following error message: ```auto ERROR: This version of Console requires Datomic 0.8.4096.0 to run ``` i downloaded `datomic-pro-1.0.6165` and tried with a starter account. this error message occurs even with just `bin/console --help`. the required version is quite far behind the current version. i wonder, is the console no longer supported? ---
**Author:** ![jaret](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/jaret/32/45_2.png) [@jaret](https://forum.datomic.com/u/jaret)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463/2 "2020-05-26T12:59:02Z")
Hi @Ysmiraak, May I ask what version of starter you were trying to run? Datomic Pro ships with console included. So you don’t need to use (and more importantly it won’t work with) the standalone console provided for Starter users. You should be able to execute `bin/console` from the latest pro distribution root directory. Thanks, Jaret ---
**Author:** ![ysmiraak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9e8a1a/32.png) [@ysmiraak](https://forum.datomic.com/u/ysmiraak)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463/3 "2020-05-27T09:11:12Z")
hi jaret, thanks for the reply! glad to here that this is unexpected behavior. i downloaded datomic from the link on the account page `https://my.datomic.com/repo/com/datomic/datomic-pro/$VERSION/datomic-pro-$VERSION.zip` with `VERSION=1.0.6165` which was the newest version i found on `https://my.datomic.com/downloads/pro`. i assumed that the starter is just pro with a different license? i could not find link specifically for starter, and i did not use the standalone console. i could use `bin/transactor` and `bin/run` just fine. i’ve also use `bin/maven-install` and `bin/repl`. only that `bin/console` did not work for me. ---
**Author:** ![marshall](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/marshall/32/48_2.png) [@marshall](https://forum.datomic.com/u/marshall)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463/4 "2020-05-28T15:41:02Z")
We have confirmed this behavior and will be working on a fix for the next release. ---
**Author:** ![jaret](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/jaret/32/45_2.png) [@jaret](https://forum.datomic.com/u/jaret)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463/5 "2020-05-29T15:42:56Z")
Hi @ysmiraak! Thank you for reporting this issue. We have released a fix on the stand-alone console. You can download here [Datomic](https://my.datomic.com/downloads/console). You’ll need to follow the README for running the `bin/install-console` command, supplied with the directory of your Datomic on-prem distribution. Going forward, future releases of Datomic on-prem will include the fixed console version. Announcement and change log links: > [@Datomic Console 0.1.225 now available](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-0-1-225-now-available/1472): > > This message covers changes in this release. For a summary of critical release notices, see [http://docs.datomic.com/release-notices.html](http://docs.datomic.com/release-notices.html)Console 0.1.225: May 29, 2020 Fixed bug that caused Console to fail to start on newer versions of Datomic. NOTE: This is a stand-alone console release. You can download the console from [https://my.datomic.com/downloads/console](https://my.datomic.com/downloads/console) [https://docs.datomic.com/on-prem/changes.html#console-225](https://docs.datomic.com/on-prem/changes.html#console-225) ---
**Author:** ![pieterbreed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/pieterbreed/32/550_2.png) [@pieterbreed](https://forum.datomic.com/u/pieterbreed)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463/6 "2020-07-15T15:45:49Z")
Hi @jaret , I’m arriving here on the same journey. I downloaded the stand-alone console distributable and ran the `./bin/install-console $DATOMIC_HOME` script. It printed: ```auto Installing Datomic Console... Copying files... Done! ``` this is my startup invocation: ```auto bin/console -p 80 datomic datomic:ddb://re-gion-1/something-datomic/ ``` App does not start up, produces no java logs and prints this on `stderr` ```auto Execution error (FileNotFoundException) at clojure.main/main (main.java:40). Could not locate datomic/console__init.class, datomic/console.clj or datomic/console.cljc on classpath. Full report at: /tmp/clojure-2118270895143814439.edn ``` I can’t easily get to that `.edn` file with the full report. ---
**Author:** ![jaret](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/jaret/32/45_2.png) [@jaret](https://forum.datomic.com/u/jaret)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463/7 "2020-07-15T17:01:34Z")
Are you running `bin/console` from the Datomic install directory (Should be the same location where you installed console)? The error indicates that it cannot find console on classpath. ---
**Author:** ![pieterbreed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.datomic.com/pieterbreed/32/550_2.png) [@pieterbreed](https://forum.datomic.com/u/pieterbreed)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://forum.datomic.com/t/datomic-console-not-supported-on-current-version/1463/8 "2020-07-16T11:20:01Z")
I finally got it working. The `install-console` script did not quite work by itself. My (complete) installation now looks like this: ```auto unzip -q /tmp/files/datomic-$DATOMIC_VERSION.zip -d /opt && \ unzip -q /tmp/files/datomic-console-$DATOMIC_CONSOLE_VERSION.zip -d /opt && \ ( cd /opt/datomic-console-$DATOMIC_CONSOLE_VERSION && \ bin/install-console $DATOMIC_HOME && \ cp -R ./* $DATOMIC_HOME/ ) ``` That last `cp -R ./* $DATOMIC_HOME/` from the `datomic-console` extracted zip folder is what made it work. After this patch I can run `bin/console` from the `datomic` installation folder.