# Installing kibana on linux

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-kibana-on-linux/69293>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 16, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-kibana-on-linux/69293 "2016-12-16T13:27:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![aviral\_srivastava](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aviral_srivastava/32/98018_2.png) [@aviral\_srivastava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aviral_srivastava)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-kibana-on-linux/69293/1 "2016-12-16T13:27:16Z")

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I am trying to install kibana 5.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.2  
following the link :-[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/rpm.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/rpm.html)

For installing kibana: - sudo yum install kibana  
I get below error:-  
There was a problem importing one of the Python modules  
required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was:

/lib64/libcurl.so.4: undefined symbol: libssh2\_scp\_recv2

Please install a package which provides this module, or  
verify that the module is installed correctly.

It's possible that the above module doesn't match the  
current version of Python, which is:  
2.7.5 (default, Aug 29 2016, 10:12:21)  
[GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-4)]

If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to  
the yum faq at:  
[http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq](http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/Faq)

Using below command for installing elasticsearch worked earlier:-  
sudo yum install elasticsearch

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**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-kibana-on-linux/69293/2 "2017-01-05T23:37:15Z")

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The error message shows that the problem happened with the `yum` command on your system, not with the Kibana package itself. As you say, you were able to install Elasticsearch fine using the same procedure, but just a few wild guesses

- Did you do any system upgrades in between the time you installed Elasticsearch and tried to install Kibana?
- Did you try installing another version of Python on the system after installing Elasticsearch?
- Does this StackOverflow post help at all [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23589971/yum-not-working](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23589971/yum-not-working)

Since it is a `yum` problem and not an Elastic problem, you might want to look for tips in that FAQ link in the error message (especially FAQ #7) or reach out to the yum / Red Hat community for guidance

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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:** [February 2, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-kibana-on-linux/69293/3 "2017-02-02T23:37:19Z")

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