# Kibana installation from source code

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-installation-from-source-code/102056>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 28, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-installation-from-source-code/102056 "2017-09-28T03:59:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![poojagupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@poojagupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/poojagupta)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-installation-from-source-code/102056/1 "2017-09-28T03:59:53Z")

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Hi!

i was working on kibana source installation and i went through the following steps:

git clone [GitHub - elastic/kibana: Your window into the Elastic Stack](https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git) kibana  
cd kibana  
nvm install "$(cat .node-version)"  
npm install  
npm run elasticsearch

i am getting the error

> kibana@7.0.0-alpha1 elasticsearch /root/kibana  
> grunt esvm:dev:keepalive

Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...ERROR

> > Error: Cannot find module 'core-js/modules/es6.typed.array-buffer'  
> > Warning: Task "esvm:dev:keepalive" not found. Use --force to continue.

Aborted due to warnings.

npm ERR! Linux 3.10.0-123.el7.x86\_64  
npm ERR! argv "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v6.11.1/bin/node" "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v6.11.1/bin/npm" "run" "elasticsearch"  
npm ERR! node v6.11.1  
npm ERR! npm v3.10.10  
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE  
npm ERR! kibana@7.0.0-alpha1 elasticsearch: `grunt esvm:dev:keepalive`  
npm ERR! Exit status 3

Please help me out.

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-installation-from-source-code/102056/2 "2017-09-28T16:54:42Z")

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You will need to `nvm use` the node version after installing it.

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**Author:** ![tylersmalley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tylersmalley/32/8833_2.png) [@tylersmalley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tylersmalley)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-installation-from-source-code/102056/3 "2017-09-28T16:58:07Z")

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Based on the stack trace, appears the node version is correct. It's failing starting Elasticsearch. This might be due to Java not being available. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/setup.html) for more information.

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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:** [October 26, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-installation-from-source-code/102056/4 "2017-10-26T16:58:08Z")

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