Not able to run neo4jshell : Connection refused - neo4j

Question

I am trying to follow the steps listed here https://neo4j.com/developer/kb/fulltext-search-in-neo4j/
I am using version 3.4.4
to try out full text search. I am not able to run the neo4jshell. I always get the following error :
$ ./neo4j-shell
ERROR (-v for expanded information):
Connection refused
-host Domain name or IP of host to connect to (default: localhost)
-port Port of host to connect to (default: 1337)
-name RMI name, i.e. rmi://<host>:<port>/<name> (default: shell)
-pid Process ID to connect to
-c Command line to execute. After executing it the shell exits
-file File containing commands to execute, or '-' to read from stdin. After executing it the shell exits
-readonly Connect in readonly mode (only for connecting with -path)
-path Points to a neo4j db path so that a local server can be started there
-config Points to a config file when starting a local server
Example arguments for remote:
-port 1337
-host 192.168.1.234 -port 1337 -name shell
-host localhost -readonly
...or no arguments for default values
Example arguments for local:
-path /path/to/db
-path /path/to/db -config /path/to/neo4j.config
-path /path/to/db -readonly
java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: localhost; nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:619)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:216)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:202)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.newCall(UnicastRef.java:338)
at sun.rmi.registry.RegistryImpl_Stub.lookup(RegistryImpl_Stub.java:112)
at java.rmi.Naming.lookup(Naming.java:101)
at org.neo4j.shell.impl.RmiLocation.getBoundObject(RmiLocation.java:191)
at org.neo4j.shell.impl.RemoteClient.findRemoteServer(RemoteClient.java:72)
at org.neo4j.shell.impl.RemoteClient.<init>(RemoteClient.java:65)
at org.neo4j.shell.impl.RemoteClient.<init>(RemoteClient.java:46)
at org.neo4j.shell.ShellLobby.newClient(ShellLobby.java:203)
at org.neo4j.shell.StartClient.startRemote(StartClient.java:353)
at org.neo4j.shell.StartClient.start(StartClient.java:229)
at org.neo4j.shell.StartClient.main(StartClient.java:147)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:434)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:211)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIDirectSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIDirectSocketFactory.java:40)
at sun.rmi.transport.proxy.RMIMasterSocketFactory.createSocket(RMIMasterSocketFactory.java:148)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:613)
... 13 more
I have tried the localhost, port etc options as well. No luck. Do I have to do any configuration changes?
Please help!

Answer 1

Neo4j-shell is deprecated, try using cypher-shell instead.