# Error: Unmet requirement "kibana" for plugin "elasticsearch" **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [February 1, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unmet-requirement-kibana-for-plugin-elasticsearch/117949 "2018-02-01T07:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FareehaNaaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@FareehaNaaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FareehaNaaz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unmet-requirement-kibana-for-plugin-elasticsearch/117949/1 "2018-02-01T07:14:30Z")
Hi, i was trying to create my development environment and when i start kibana this is what i see, couldn't find any solution to overcome this error. [kibana6.0.0@sgpltrainingdb kibana]$ npm -g start > kibana@7.0.0-alpha1 start /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana > node scripts/kibana --dev watching for changes (603 files) log [07:07:50.303] [info][listening] basePath Proxy running at [http://localhost:5618/djg](http://localhost:5618/djg) optmzr log [07:07:53.051] [info][optimize] Optimization started optmzr log [07:07:53.078] [info] Plugin initialization disabled. server log [07:07:53.095] [info][optimize] Waiting for optimizer to be ready server error [07:07:53.106] [fatal] Error: Unmet requirement "kibana" for plugin "elasticsearch" at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:9:13 at next (native) at step (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:191) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:437 at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:99 at callPluginHook (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:64:17) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:26:11 at next (native) at step (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:191) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:437 at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:99 at callPluginHook (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:64:17) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/initialize\_mixin.js:21:13 at next (native) at step (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/initialize\_mixin.js:72:191) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/initialize\_mixin.js:72:361 FATAL Error: Unmet requirement "kibana" for plugin "elasticsearch" at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:9:13 at next (native) at step (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:191) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:437 at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:99 at callPluginHook (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:64:17) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:26:11 at next (native) at step (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:191) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:437 at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:70:99 at callPluginHook (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/lib/call\_plugin\_hook.js:64:17) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/initialize\_mixin.js:21:13 at next (native) at step (/home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/initialize\_mixin.js:72:191) at /home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/src/server/plugins/initialize\_mixin.js:72:361 server crashed with status code 1 ---
**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:** [February 1, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unmet-requirement-kibana-for-plugin-elasticsearch/117949/2 "2018-02-01T16:40:14Z")
Do you have any local modifications or plugins installed? Plugins can depend on other plugins, and it sounds like there's something going wrong with the the dependency chain for the elasticsearch plugin. ---
**Author:** ![FareehaNaaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@FareehaNaaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FareehaNaaz)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unmet-requirement-kibana-for-plugin-elasticsearch/117949/3 "2018-02-02T02:38:52Z")
No, i havent made any modifications yet, i just setup my environment and ran it. This i what i have in my plugins Directory $ cd src/core\_plugins/ $ ls console input\_control\_vis kibana metric\_vis state\_session\_storage\_redirect tagcloud tile\_map dev\_mode kbn\_doc\_views markdown\_vis region\_map status\_page testbed timelion elasticsearch kbn\_vislib\_vis\_types metrics spy\_modes table\_vis tests\_bundle vega and an Empty plugins Directory at home/kibana6.0.0/kibana/plugins ---
**Author:** ![softec17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@softec17](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/softec17)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unmet-requirement-kibana-for-plugin-elasticsearch/117949/4 "2018-02-08T03:59:54Z")
I face the same issue, can you please guide further? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unmet-requirement-kibana-for-plugin-elasticsearch/117949/5 "2018-03-08T03:59:58Z")
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