# Error when installing @elastic/synthetics **URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-installing-elastic-synthetics/311497 **Category:** Beats **Tags:** heartbeat **Created:** [August 5, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-installing-elastic-synthetics/311497 "2022-08-05T09:42:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 3 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![djkprojects](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@djkprojects](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djkprojects) #### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-installing-elastic-synthetics/311497/1 "2022-08-05T09:42:34Z")
Hello, I'm trying to install **npm install -g @elastic/synthetics** on my local server but getting an error when running the command: ```auto loadCurrentTree ▀ ╢█████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟ WARN engine @elastic/synthetics@1.0.0-beta.31: wanted: {"node":">14.14.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"}) loadDep:undici → request ▌ ╢███████████████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟ loadDep:undici → resolveW ▌ ╢███████████████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟ loadDep:undici → 304 ▄ ╢███████████████████████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░╟ npm ERR! Linux 5.4.0-1086-azure npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "@elastic/synthetics" npm ERR! node v8.10.0 npm ERR! npm v3.5.2 npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1 npm ERR! typeerror at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3) npm ERR! typeerror at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22) npm ERR! typeerror at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12) npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12 npm ERR! typeerror at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5) npm ERR! typeerror at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7) npm ERR! typeerror at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20) npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at: npm ERR! typeerror WARN engine expect@28.1.3: wanted: {"node":"^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || ^16.10.0 || >=17.0.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"}) WARN engine sharp@0.30.7: wanted: {"node":">=12.13.0"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"}) WARN engine archiver@5.3.1: wanted: {"node":">= 10"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"}) WARN engine undici@5.8.1: wanted: {"node":">=12.18"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"}) npm ERR! Linux 5.4.0-1086-azure npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "@elastic/synthetics" npm ERR! node v8.10.0 npm ERR! npm v3.5.2 npm ERR! code EMISSINGARG npm ERR! typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1 npm ERR! typeerror at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3) npm ERR! typeerror at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22) npm ERR! typeerror at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12) npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12 npm ERR! typeerror at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5) npm ERR! typeerror at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7) npm ERR! typeerror at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20) npm ERR! typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 npm ERR! typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at: npm ERR! typeerror WARN engine playwright-core@1.20.1: wanted: {"node":">=12"} (current: {"node":"8.10.0","npm":"3.5.2"}) npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /etc/heartbeat/monitors.d/synthetics/npm-debug.log ``` and the error in npm-debug.log: ```auto 418 verbose addNameRange registry:https://registry.npmjs.org/kleur not in flight; fetching 419 verbose stack Error: Missing required argument #1 419 verbose stack at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3) 419 verbose stack at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22) 419 verbose stack at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12) 419 verbose stack at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7 419 verbose stack at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 419 verbose stack at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12 419 verbose stack at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5) 419 verbose stack at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7) 419 verbose stack at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20) 419 verbose stack at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 420 verbose cwd /etc/heartbeat/monitors.d/synthetics 421 error Linux 5.4.0-1086-azure 422 error argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "-g" "@elastic/synthetics" 423 error node v8.10.0 424 error npm v3.5.2 425 error code EMISSINGARG 426 error typeerror Error: Missing required argument #1 426 error typeerror at andLogAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:31:3) 426 error typeerror at fetchPackageMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:51:22) 426 error typeerror at resolveWithNewModule (/usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:456:12) 426 error typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/install/deps.js:457:7 426 error typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 426 error typeerror at /usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:37:12 426 error typeerror at addRequestedAndFinish (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:82:5) 426 error typeerror at returnAndAddMetadata (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:117:7) 426 error typeerror at pickVersionFromRegistryDocument (/usr/share/npm/lib/fetch-package-metadata.js:134:20) 426 error typeerror at /usr/share/npm/node_modules/iferr/index.js:13:50 427 error typeerror This is an error with npm itself. Please report this error at: 427 error typeerror 428 verbose exit [1, true] ``` Any ideas what missing argument should it be? Thanks ---
### Author: ![djkprojects](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d2c977/32.png) [@djkprojects](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/djkprojects) #### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-installing-elastic-synthetics/311497/2 "2022-08-05T14:18:38Z")
As it turned out we were running an old version of node. After upgrading to latest the issue is no more. ---
### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system) #### Post date: [September 2, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-when-installing-elastic-synthetics/311497/3 "2022-09-02T16:19:15Z")
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