# Can't set up the develpment environment **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 31, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-set-up-the-develpment-environment/87754 "2017-05-31T13:48:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bdriss\_Sana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Bdriss\_Sana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bdriss_Sana)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-set-up-the-develpment-environment/87754/1 "2017-05-31T13:48:08Z")
Hi, I'm trying to set up the dev env in kibana to be able to write plugins later. I'm having trouble with the "npm run elasticsearch" command. It generates this error : sana@sana:~/kibana$ sudo npm run elasticsearch [sudo] password for sana: > kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch /home/sana/kibana > grunt esvm:dev:keepalive Loading "ui\_framework.js" tasks...ERROR > > Error: Missing binding /home/sana/kibana/node\_modules/node-sass/vendor/linux-x64-48/binding.node > > Node Sass could not find a binding for your current environment: Linux 64-bit with Node.js 6.x > > > > Found bindings for the following environments: > > > > - Linux 64-bit with Node.js 4.x > > > > This usually happens because your environment has changed since running `npm install`. > > Run `npm rebuild node-sass` to build the binding for your current environment. Running "esvm:dev:keepalive" (esvm) task starting up "dev" cluster Keeping elasticsearch alive, to shutdown press command/control+c INFO - - cluster - Downloading & installing from "master" branch. INFO - - cluster - Installing plugins INFO - - cluster - Starting 1 nodes INFO - ? - ? - [2017-05-31T14:46:27,329][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] uncaught exception in thread [main] INFO - ? - ? - org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:114) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:67) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:122) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:88) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:91) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:84) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: can not run elasticsearch as root INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.initializeNatives(Bootstrap.java:105) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:171) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:330) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT.jar:6.0.0-alpha2-SNAPSHOT] INFO - ? - ? - ... 6 more Fatal error: Server exitted with the non-zero exit code 1 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch: `grunt esvm:dev:keepalive` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/sana/.npm/\_logs/2017-05-31T12\_46\_27\_629Z-debug.log sana@sana:~/kibana$ cat /home/sana/.npm/\_logs/2017-05-31T12\_46\_27\_629Z-debug.log0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs', 1 verbose cli '/usr/local/bin/npm', 1 verbose cli 'run', 1 verbose cli 'elasticsearch' ] 2 info using npm@4.6.1 3 info using node@v6.10.3 4 verbose run-script ['preelasticsearch', 'elasticsearch', 'postelasticsearch'] 5 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~preelasticsearch: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 6 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~preelasticsearch: no script for preelasticsearch, continuing 7 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 8 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 9 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: PATH: /usr/local/lib/node\_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/sana/kibana/node\_modules/.bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin 10 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: CWD: /home/sana/kibana 11 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: Args: ['-c', 'grunt esvm:dev:keepalive'] 12 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: Returned: code: 1 signal: null 13 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: Failed to exec elasticsearch script 14 verbose stack Error: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch: `grunt esvm:dev:keepalive` 14 verbose stack Exit status 1 14 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:279:16) 14 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13) 14 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7) 14 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node\_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14) 14 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13) 14 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7) 14 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child\_process.js:886:16) 14 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (internal/child\_process.js:226:5) 15 verbose pkgid kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 16 verbose cwd /home/sana/kibana 17 verbose Linux 4.11.2-041102-generic 18 verbose argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "elasticsearch" 19 verbose node v6.10.3 20 verbose npm v4.6.1 21 error code ELIFECYCLE 22 error errno 1 23 error kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch: `grunt esvm:dev:keepalive` 23 error Exit status 1 24 error Failed at the kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch script. 24 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. 25 verbose exit [1, true] Can anyone helm me please? ---
**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-set-up-the-develpment-environment/87754/2 "2017-05-31T14:21:33Z")
For node-sass: this is usually caused by installing node modules when running a different version of node than you're currently running. For good measure, making sure the node version in .node\_version is used, clearing out node\_modules, and installing again should clear things up. For `npm run elasticsearch`: elasticsearch isn't happy with running as root. Are you able to login or run the command as a different user? edit: just noticed you're using sudo, you should be able to run the command without it ---
**Author:** ![Bdriss\_Sana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Bdriss\_Sana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bdriss_Sana)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-set-up-the-develpment-environment/87754/3 "2017-06-01T14:36:05Z")
Heyy, thank you for responding. I made sure i deleted the folder nodes-modules and run "npm install" to install the dependencies. Also, I've tried running " npm run elasticsearch" without sudo and here's the error : `sana@sana:~/kibana$ npm run elasticsearch > kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch /home/sana/kibana > grunt esvm:dev:keepalive Running "esvm:dev:keepalive" (esvm) task starting up "dev" cluster Keeping elasticsearch alive, to shutdown press command/control+c Fatal error: EACCES: permission denied, unlink '/home/sana/kibana/esvm/dev/branch-master/LICENSE.txt' npm ERR! Linux 4.11.2-041102-generic npm ERR! argv "/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/node" "/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/npm" "run" "elasticsearch" npm ERR! node v6.10.2 npm ERR! npm v3.10.10 npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch: `grunt esvm:dev:keepalive` npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch script 'grunt esvm:dev:keepalive'. npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the kibana package, npm ERR! not with npm itself. npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system: npm ERR! grunt esvm:dev:keepalive npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: npm ERR! npm bugs kibana npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: npm ERR! npm owner ls kibana npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /home/sana/kibana/npm-debug.log sana@sana:~/kibana$ sana@sana:~/kibana$ cat /home/sana/kibana/npm-debug.log 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ '/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/node', 1 verbose cli '/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/npm', 1 verbose cli 'run', 1 verbose cli 'elasticsearch' ] 2 info using npm@3.10.10 3 info using node@v6.10.2 4 verbose run-script ['preelasticsearch', 'elasticsearch', 'postelasticsearch'] 5 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~preelasticsearch: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 6 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~preelasticsearch: no script for preelasticsearch, continuing 7 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 8 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 9 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: PATH: /home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/lib/node\_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/sana/kibana/node\_modules/.bin:/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin:/home/sana/bin:/home/sana/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64 10 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: CWD: /home/sana/kibana 11 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: Args: ['-c', 'grunt esvm:dev:keepalive'] 12 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: Returned: code: 1 signal: null 13 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~elasticsearch: Failed to exec elasticsearch script 14 verbose stack Error: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch: `grunt esvm:dev:keepalive` 14 verbose stack Exit status 1 14 verbose stack at EventEmitter. (/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/lib/node\_modules/npm/lib/utils/lifecycle.js:255:16) 14 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13) 14 verbose stack at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:191:7) 14 verbose stack at ChildProcess. (/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/lib/node\_modules/npm/lib/utils/spawn.js:40:14) 14 verbose stack at emitTwo (events.js:106:13) 14 verbose stack at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:191:7) 14 verbose stack at maybeClose (internal/child\_process.js:886:16) 14 verbose stack at Process.ChildProcess.\_handle.onexit (internal/child\_process.js:226:5) 15 verbose pkgid kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 16 verbose cwd /home/sana/kibana 17 error Linux 4.11.2-041102-generic 18 error argv "/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/node" "/home/sana/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/npm" "run" "elasticsearch" 19 error node v6.10.2 20 error npm v3.10.10 21 error code ELIFECYCLE 22 error kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch: `grunt esvm:dev:keepalive` 22 error Exit status 1 23 error Failed at the kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 elasticsearch script 'grunt esvm:dev:keepalive'. 23 error Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed. 23 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the kibana package, 23 error not with npm itself. 23 error Tell the author that this fails on your system: 23 error grunt esvm:dev:keepalive 23 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: 23 error npm bugs kibana 23 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: 23 error npm owner ls kibana 23 error There is likely additional logging output above. 24 verbose exit [1, true] ` ---
**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-set-up-the-develpment-environment/87754/4 "2017-06-01T14:59:41Z")
esvm likely created some files that are now owned by root when we ran the command from earlier. Clearing out the esvm folder(will likely require sudo now), and re-running `npm run elasticsearch` should fix that. ---
**Author:** ![Bdriss\_Sana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Bdriss\_Sana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bdriss_Sana)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-set-up-the-develpment-environment/87754/5 "2017-06-01T15:10:27Z")
I deleted the esvm folder, run "npm install" , permissed denied so I run "sudo npm install" then run "npm run elasticsearch to get this error: [https://pastebin.com/raw/zkE81m55](https://pastebin.com/raw/zkE81m55) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-set-up-the-develpment-environment/87754/6 "2017-06-29T15:10:27Z")
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