# Kibana Alpha 4: Cannot find module JSONStream

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 1, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560 "2016-07-01T19:42:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jettro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jettro/32/3418_2.png) [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560/1 "2016-07-01T19:42:09Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to run Kibana Alpha 4 together with elasticsearch alpha 4, when starting Kibana I get the following error:

```
➜ kibana-5.0.0-alpha4-darwin-x64 bin/kibana
  log [21:38:39.894] [fatal] Error: Cannot find module 'JSONStream'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:325:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:276:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/jettrocoenradie/javalibs/elasticsearch/kibana/kibana-5.0.0-alpha4-darwin-x64/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/register_data.js:28:19)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/Users/jettrocoenradie/javalibs/elasticsearch/kibana/kibana-5.0.0-alpha4-darwin-x64/node_modules/babel-core/lib/api/register/node.js:214:7)
    at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:353:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/jettrocoenradie/javalibs/elasticsearch/kibana/kibana-5.0.0-alpha4-darwin-x64/src/plugins/kibana/server/routes/api/ingest/index.js:15:22)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
    at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/Users/jettrocoenradie/javalibs/elasticsearch/kibana/kibana-5.0.0-alpha4-darwin-x64/node_modules/babel-core/lib/api/register/node.js:214:7)
FATAL { [Error: Cannot find module 'JSONStream'] code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND' }

```

I am running on a Mac with the beta of MacOS Sierra, I also retried with Alpha 3 that version is running fine.

Any ideas what I can do?

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**Author:** ![Khalah\_Jones\_Golden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khalah_jones_golden/32/7169_2.png) [@Khalah\_Jones\_Golden](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khalah_Jones_Golden)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560/2 "2016-07-01T21:35:06Z")

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Are you running this off of your own build, or one of our downloads?

It looks like there are uninstalled dependencies.

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**Author:** ![jettro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jettro/32/3418_2.png) [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560/3 "2016-07-02T06:06:47Z")

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I downloaded the version from the website: kibana-5.0.0-alpha4-darwin-x64.tar.gz

Just to be sure, I retried on another laptop running OS-X El Capitain, same problem.

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**Author:** ![jettro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jettro/32/3418_2.png) [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560/4 "2016-07-04T18:58:20Z")

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It seems to be a problem with the way I unpacked the tar file. Using cmd line I have no problem, but unzipping it using a double click gives a problem. So this question is solved.

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**Author:** ![Khalah\_Jones\_Golden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khalah_jones_golden/32/7169_2.png) [@Khalah\_Jones\_Golden](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khalah_Jones_Golden)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560/5 "2016-07-05T15:26:14Z")

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Hmm, i want to open and issue with this, but i'm having trouble reproducing it. When i double click it in finder, I have no trouble running it at all.

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**Author:** ![jettro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jettro/32/3418_2.png) [@jettro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jettro)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560/6 "2016-07-07T07:06:08Z")

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You are right, it works with finder without a problem. It turns out it is another problem I use often called forklift. I can reproduce it, but I would not worry about it if I were you. With finder it works fine for me.

Sorry you had to spend time on this. Next time I'll try more before asking.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-alpha-4-cannot-find-module-jsonstream/54560/7 "2017-07-06T13:48:01Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 1:48pm UTC