[SOLVED] Openhab2 not starting after reinstall

I had some problems using Openhab2 and i wanted to reinstall.
First I removed everything:
Start-Date: 2017-12-02 13:10:54
Commandline: apt-get remove openhab2-addons
Requested-By: poul (1000)
Remove: openhab2-addons:amd64 (2.1.0-1)
End-Date: 2017-12-02 13:10:54

Start-Date: 2017-12-02 13:11:15
Commandline: apt-get remove openhab2
Requested-By: poul (1000)
Remove: openhab2:amd64 (2.1.0-1)
End-Date: 2017-12-02 13:11:16

Then removed all directories and rebooted
Then installed Openhab2 again:
Start-Date: 2017-12-02 13:35:06
Commandline: apt-get install openhab2
Requested-By: poul (1000)
Install: openhab2:amd64 (2.1.0-1)
End-Date: 2017-12-02 13:35:10

Start-Date: 2017-12-02 13:35:22
Commandline: apt-get install openhab2-addons
Requested-By: poul (1000)
Install: openhab2-addons:amd64 (2.1.0-1)
End-Date: 2017-12-02 13:35:25

After starting openhab2 (/usr/share/openhab2# ./start_debug.sh)
All I get is:
root 3121 0.2 2.5 3527772 100808 pts/8 Sl+ dec02 4:07 /usr/bin/java -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005 -Dopenhab.home=/usr/share/openhab2 -Dopenhab.conf=/etc/openhab2 -Dopenhab.runtime=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime -Dopenhab.userdata=/var/lib/openhab2 -Dopenhab.logdir=/var/log/openhab2 -Dfelix.cm.dir=/var/lib/openhab2/config -Djetty.host=0.0.0.0 -Dorg.ops4j.pax.web.listening.addresses=0.0.0.0 -Dorg.osgi.service.http.port=8080 -Dorg.osgi.service.http.port.secure=8443 -Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:+UseG1GC -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/lib/jvm/zulu-8-amd64/jre/lib/endorsed:/usr/lib/jvm/zulu-8-amd64/lib/endorsed:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/endorsed -Djava.ext.dirs=/usr/lib/jvm/zulu-8-amd64/jre/lib/ext:/usr/lib/jvm/zulu-8-amd64/lib/ext:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/ext -Dkaraf.instances=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/instances -Dkaraf.home=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime -Dkaraf.base=/var/lib/openhab2 -Dkaraf.data=/var/lib/openhab2 -Dkaraf.etc=/var/lib/openhab2/etc -Dkaraf.restart.jvm.supported=true -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/lib/openhab2/tmp -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/var/lib/openhab2/etc/java.util.logging.properties -Dkaraf.startLocalConsole=true -Dkaraf.startRemoteShell=true -classpath /usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/boot/org.apache.karaf.diagnostic.boot-4.0.8.jar:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/boot/org.apache.karaf.jaas.boot-4.0.8.jar:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/boot/org.apache.karaf.main-4.0.8.jar:/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/lib/boot/org.osgi.core-6.0.0.jar org.apache.karaf.main.Main

I can see that there is a java program listening at port 5005, but that’s all.
The following software is installed:
openjdk version “1.8.0_152”
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.25.0.1-linux64) (build 1.8.0_152-b16)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.25.0.1-linux64) (build 25.152-b16, mixed mode)
And the system is an Intel NUC running Ubuntu:
Linux utility 4.10.0-40-generic #44~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 9 15:37:44 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

What do I do wrong?

Regards
Poul

It is probably a long shot, but you can try Clear the Cache

Thanks for the reaction.
It works now.
apt purge and then reinstall worked.

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sudo apt purge openhab2, reboot, sudo apt install openhab2.
@poul_landman thank you!