# Unable to extract Kibana from its archives

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-extract-kibana-from-its-archives/130477>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 3, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-extract-kibana-from-its-archives/130477 "2018-05-03T14:26:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![MikeE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MikeE](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MikeE)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-extract-kibana-from-its-archives/130477/1 "2018-05-03T14:26:43Z")

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I have not yet being able to run Kibana on Linux 16.04 because each time I try to extract the archives I get this error message :

> **An error occurred while extracting files.**
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> Could not create the hard link file:///home/mike/kibana-6.2.4-linux-x86\_64/node/lib/node\_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js

Therefore if I try to run Kibana from my terminal It crashes my computer.

Can you help me installing it ?

I have a Dell Inspiron 3000 series

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**Author:** ![a5a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@a5a](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/a5a)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-extract-kibana-from-its-archives/130477/2 "2018-05-03T16:41:52Z")

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This looks like a permissions issue-- Can you check if the user you're using has rights to create that link?

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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:** [May 31, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-extract-kibana-from-its-archives/130477/3 "2018-05-31T16:42:01Z")

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