# Cannot execute binary file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-binary-file/59942>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 7, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-binary-file/59942 "2016-09-07T06:04:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![lunar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lunar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lunar)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-binary-file/59942/1 "2016-09-07T06:04:17Z")

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I have tried all version binary of kibana from the download page, but none of them can start. The error is "/node/bin/node: cannot execute binary file", please help me. thank you!

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-binary-file/59942/2 "2016-09-07T06:12:42Z")

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What's your operating system and CPU architecture?

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**Author:** ![lunar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@lunar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lunar)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-binary-file/59942/3 "2016-09-09T08:17:01Z")

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I did this on IBM LinuxOne .  
Finally, I use the command: "node /home/kibana/src/cli" to execute Kibana successfully.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-execute-binary-file/59942/4 "2017-07-06T13:39:16Z")

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