# Bitsquare will not start on Ubuntu 16.04

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/bitsquare-will-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/2327>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 22, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bitsquare-will-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/2327 "2017-06-22T19:02:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kman](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/kman/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@kman](https://bisq.community/u/kman)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 7:02pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bitsquare-will-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/2327/1 "2017-06-22T19:02:16Z")

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I just insalled Bitsquare late Tuesday night (June 20, 2017) and did a few things.  
I opened it the next day things looked great.  
I go to start it today (Thursday, June 22) and it does not start.  
I’m clicking the bitsquare icon to start it.

I see that there is something on my computer at: /opt/Bitsquare/

I also so another directory in my home directory that looks like data /home/kman/.local/share/Bitsquare

How do I try to start it from the command line? I did a cd to /opt/Bitsquare and tried to run a binary called Bitsquare there but it core dumped. Maybe needed parameters set?

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**Author:** ![alexej996](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/alexej996/32/491_2.png) [@alexej996](https://bisq.community/u/alexej996)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bitsquare-will-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/2327/2 "2017-06-22T20:04:00Z")

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Did you update your system recently? Could you post a kernel version of your system?  
You can see that with “uname -r”.

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**Author:** ![kman](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/kman/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@kman](https://bisq.community/u/kman)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bitsquare-will-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/2327/3 "2017-06-22T20:13:09Z")

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No updates. The only thing different is the installation of Bitsquare. That’s it.

uname -r gives me:  
4.4.50-1.el7.elrepo.x86\_64

Also when I try to run Bitsquare from /opt/Bitsquare I get core dump

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**Author:** ![kman](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/kman/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@kman](https://bisq.community/u/kman)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bitsquare-will-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/2327/4 "2017-06-24T02:03:49Z")

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I had also commented on another thread about a similar issue to this one. I was answered there with the idea of chaning my kernel version. I upgraded my kernel to 4.11.6-041106-generic and now things are working. Still strange to me becuase my kernel has not been updated since installing Bitsquare. At any rate, things are working. I have another issue now about a trade, Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/manfredkarrer/32/26_2.png) [@ManfredKarrer](https://bisq.community/u/ManfredKarrer)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/bitsquare-will-not-start-on-ubuntu-16-04/2327/5 "2017-06-24T13:40:01Z")

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Maybe u had automatic updates enabled… Good to hear it works again. Hope Ubuntu fixes it soon.