# Facing difficulties in Installing Community Beat (Elasticbeat) **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Created:** [May 15, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-difficulties-in-installing-community-beat-elasticbeat/50077 "2016-05-15T15:50:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gupta.yuvraj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gupta.yuvraj/32/7550_2.png) [@gupta.yuvraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gupta.yuvraj)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-difficulties-in-installing-community-beat-elasticbeat/50077/1 "2016-05-15T15:50:44Z")
Hi All I am facing difficulty while installing elasticbeat. I am using Ubuntu. I am mentioning the steps along with error while installing elasticbeat:- 1. Installed Go using following command:- sudo apt-get install golang 2. Verified Go language is installed:- go version Output:- go version go1.2.1 linux/amd64 3. Added following variables to ~/.bashrc file:- export GOROOT="/usr/lib/go" export GOPATH="$HOME/go" export PATH="$GOROOT/bin:$PATH" 4. Navigated to workspace & created directory:- cd $GOPATH mkdir -p src/github.com/radoondas 5. Navigated to the directory and cloned elasticbeat repository using following command:- cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/radoondas/elasticbeat git clone [https://github.com/radoondas/elasticbeat.git](https://github.com/radoondas/elasticbeat.git) 6. Then running make command gives following error:- yuvraj@ubuntu:~/go/src/github.com/radoondas/elasticbeat$ make go build main.go:6:2: cannot find package "[github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat](http://github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat (from $GOPATH) beater/elasticbeat.go:9:2: cannot find package "[github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/cfgfile](http://github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/cfgfile)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/cfgfile (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/cfgfile (from $GOPATH) beater/elasticbeat.go:10:2: cannot find package "[github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common](http://github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common (from $GOPATH) beater/elasticbeat.go:11:2: cannot find package "[github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp](http://github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/logp (from $GOPATH) beater/elasticbeat.go:12:2: cannot find package "[github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/publisher](http://github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/publisher)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/publisher (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/publisher (from $GOPATH) make: \*\*\* [build] Error 1 The above error was due to libbeat folder not found. Solved above error by cloning beats director of Elastic using following steps:- 1. Created a directory mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/elastic 2. Navigated to the directory and cloned Elastic beats repository using following command:- cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/elastic git clone [https://github.com/elastic/beats.git](https://github.com/elastic/beats.git) 3. Copied the folder in the location it was expecting. sudo cp -r [github.com/](http://github.com/) /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/ After doing the following & again running make command from yuvraj@ubuntu:~/go/src/github.com/radoondas/elasticbeat$ make gives following error:- /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs/kafka/client.go:10:2: cannot find package "[github.com/Shopify/sarama](http://github.com/Shopify/sarama)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/Shopify/sarama (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/Shopify/sarama (from $GOPATH) /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs/elasticsearch/client.go:16:2: cannot find package "[github.com/dustin/go-humanize](http://github.com/dustin/go-humanize)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/dustin/go-humanize (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/dustin/go-humanize (from $GOPATH) /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs/redis/client.go:10:2: cannot find package "[github.com/garyburd/redigo/redis](http://github.com/garyburd/redigo/redis)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/garyburd/redigo/redis (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/garyburd/redigo/redis (from $GOPATH) /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common/geolite.go:9:2: cannot find package "[github.com/nranchev/go-libGeoIP](http://github.com/nranchev/go-libGeoIP)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/nranchev/go-libGeoIP (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/nranchev/go-libGeoIP (from $GOPATH) /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/beat/beat.go:51:2: cannot find package "[github.com/satori/go.uuid](http://github.com/satori/go.uuid)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/satori/go.uuid (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/satori/go.uuid (from $GOPATH) /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common/config.go:4:2: cannot find package "[github.com/urso/ucfg](http://github.com/urso/ucfg)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/urso/ucfg (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/urso/ucfg (from $GOPATH) /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/common/config.go:5:2: cannot find package "[github.com/urso/ucfg/yaml](http://github.com/urso/ucfg/yaml)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/urso/ucfg/yaml (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/github.com/urso/ucfg/yaml (from $GOPATH) /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/github.com/elastic/beats/libbeat/outputs/transport/proxy.go:8:2: cannot find package "[golang.org/x/net/proxy](http://golang.org/x/net/proxy)" in any of: /usr/lib/go/src/pkg/golang.org/x/net/proxy (from $GOROOT) /home/yuvraj/go/src/golang.org/x/net/proxy (from $GOPATH) make: \*\*\* [build] Error 1 ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-difficulties-in-installing-community-beat-elasticbeat/50077/2 "2016-05-15T16:53:14Z")
I'm pretty sure all Beats require Go 1.5. ---
**Author:** ![gupta.yuvraj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gupta.yuvraj/32/7550_2.png) [@gupta.yuvraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gupta.yuvraj)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-difficulties-in-installing-community-beat-elasticbeat/50077/3 "2016-05-15T18:09:45Z")
Thanks, it solved the problem. Just curious to know whether is it mentioned anywhere in about the same for GO version as i never read and encountered such issue. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-difficulties-in-installing-community-beat-elasticbeat/50077/4 "2016-05-15T18:19:34Z")
Not sure if it's explicitly mentioned as a requirement, but [https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/elastic/beats/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) states that the current development environment uses Go 1.6.2. ---
**Author:** ![gupta.yuvraj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gupta.yuvraj/32/7550_2.png) [@gupta.yuvraj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gupta.yuvraj)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-difficulties-in-installing-community-beat-elasticbeat/50077/5 "2016-05-15T19:57:39Z")
I never accessed that page as I was just trying to run a community beat. Thanks for the help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/facing-difficulties-in-installing-community-beat-elasticbeat/50077/6 "2017-07-05T21:51:58Z")