# Yarn start error: Permission denied

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yarn-start-error-permission-denied/280501>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [August 5, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yarn-start-error-permission-denied/280501 "2021-08-05T06:56:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wenqi73](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wenqi73/32/92565_2.png) [@wenqi73](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wenqi73)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yarn-start-error-permission-denied/280501/1 "2021-08-05T06:56:34Z")

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I tried to develop kibana and run the commands in [Getting started | Kibana Guide [7.14] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/development-getting-started.html), when I run `yarn start --run-examples` the terminal threw an error:

```auto
user/git/kibana/node_modules/lmdb-store/index.js:77
                env.open(options)
      ^
Error: Permission denied
    at Object.open (user/git/kibana/node_modules/lmdb-store/index.js:77:7)
    at new Cache (user/git/kibana/node_modules/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/node/cache.ts:43:28)
    at Object.registerNodeAutoTranspilation (user/git/kibana/node_modules/packages/kbn-optimizer/src/node/node_auto_tranpilation.ts:136:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (user/git/kibana/src/setup_node_env/index.js:11:27)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:92:18)
error Command failed with exit code 1.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.

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My Environment information is:

- macos 11.3.1
- node 14.7.3
- yarn 1.22.10

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**Author:** ![Rachel\_Shen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rachel_shen/32/83985_2.png) [@Rachel\_Shen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rachel_Shen)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yarn-start-error-permission-denied/280501/2 "2021-08-09T13:12:02Z")

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Hi,

I wasn't able to reproduce the permissions error.

Have you tried running `yarn kbn clean` and then rerunning `yarn es-snapshot` and then in a separate terminal `yarn start --run-examples`? Or alternatively delete the node\_modules directory, then `yarn kbn bootstrap`?

Best,  
Rachel

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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:** [September 6, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/yarn-start-error-permission-denied/280501/3 "2021-09-06T13:12:37Z")

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