Error with java class org.pytorch.serve.ModelServer when starting TorchServe

Hello, I have recently installed TorchServe on Windows 10 using pip:

pip install -f https://download.pytorch.org/whl/torch_stable.html torchserve torch-model-archiver

I had no problems archiving the sample model, it generated the output file densenet161.mar:

torch-model-archiver --model-name densenet161 --version 1.0 --model-file serve/examples/image_classifier/densenet_161/model.py --serialized-file model_store/densenet161-8d451a50.pth --extra-files serve/examples/image_classifier/index_to_name.json --handler image_classifier

But when I try to start the server with following line (model_store subdirectory is inside current directory):

torchserve --start --model-store model_store --models model_store/densenet161.mar

Then I got following error:

Error: Could not find or load main class org.pytorch.serve.ModelServer
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.pytorch.serve.ModelServer

Java version:

java –version
java version “11” 2018-09-25
Java™ SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11+28)
Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11+28, mixed mode)

Python version:

Python 3.6.5 |Anaconda, Inc.| (default, Mar 29 2018, 13:32:41) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32

PyTorch version:

print(torch.version)
1.5.0+cpu

I appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

Thank you for your answer. I see now that this a previously reported issue. Thanks again.