topic Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? in Splunk Dev https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228729#M2938 <P>I meant shall I copy &amp; paste that directory from some other splunk instances and then restart?</P> <P>Will it work?</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:35:37 GMT Madhan45 2016-06-24T11:35:37Z Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228724#M2933 <P>I'm not able to start/stop splunk. And it is passing some error in python2.7 from the directory splunk/lib.</P> <P>So I just deleted the directory and tried. but still it is not working.</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:19:14 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228724#M2933 Madhan45 2016-06-24T08:19:14Z Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228725#M2934 <P>Do you happen to still have the error? What directory did you delete exactly? </P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:19:11 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228725#M2934 ryanoconnor 2016-06-24T11:19:11Z Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228726#M2935 <P>yes still I have this error and i deleted splunk/lib/python2.7</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:25:16 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228726#M2935 Madhan45 2016-06-24T11:25:16Z Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228727#M2936 <P>Can you copy and paste the error? Also I might recommend a re-install of Splunk at this point. That's a critical directory. </P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:29:41 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228727#M2936 ryanoconnor 2016-06-24T11:29:41Z Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228728#M2937 <P>Below is the error after the deleting that directory:</P> <P>Could not find platform independent libraries <BR /> Could not find platform independent libraries <BR /> Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to [:]<BR /> ImportError: No module named site</P> <P>What if I take the directory python2.7 from some other splunk instances ?<BR /> Will it lead to splunk crash???</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:32:03 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228728#M2937 Madhan45 2016-06-24T11:32:03Z Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228729#M2938 <P>I meant shall I copy &amp; paste that directory from some other splunk instances and then restart?</P> <P>Will it work?</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:35:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228729#M2938 Madhan45 2016-06-24T11:35:37Z Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228730#M2939 <P>If you grab that directory from a Splunk install of the same version it theoretically could. Keep in mind though that we may be chasing down two errors now, whatever the original error was and now the error related to a missing python directory in Splunk. </P> <P>I would say you could give that a shot, but if it doesn't work I'd recommend backing up what's left of the directory, re-installing Splunk, and manually merging back any configs that are important from your backup. </P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:38:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228730#M2939 ryanoconnor 2016-06-24T11:38:37Z Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228731#M2940 <P>Okay.. I got it..<BR /> Proactively I will reinstall splunk. That would be the best option.</P> <P>Thanks..!!!</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:49:49 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228731#M2940 Madhan45 2016-06-24T11:49:49Z Re: Why ain't Start/stop splunk from deployment-server? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228732#M2941 <P>Good luck let me know how it works out!</P> Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:57:46 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Dev/Why-ain-t-Start-stop-splunk-from-deployment-server/m-p/228732#M2941 ryanoconnor 2016-06-24T11:57:46Z