# Problem when install qiime2 studio
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-when-install-qiime2-studio/2983
**Category:** User Support
**Tags:** q2studio
**Created:** [February 12, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-when-install-qiime2-studio/2983 "2018-02-12T15:44:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@hzh0005](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/hzh0005)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-when-install-qiime2-studio/2983/1 "2018-02-12T15:44:03Z")
(qiime2-2017.12) hzh0005@hzh0005:~/qiiem2-studio/q2studio-2017.12.0$ npm install && npm run build
npm WARN optional Skipping failed optional dependency /chokidar/fsevents:
npm WARN notsup Not compatible with your operating system or architecture: fsevents@1.1.3
> q2studio@2017.12.0 build /home/hzh0005/qiiem2-studio/q2studio-2017.12.0
> npm run build:main && npm run build:render
> q2studio@2017.12.0 build:main /home/hzh0005/qiiem2-studio/q2studio-2017.12.0
> webpack --config config/webpack.main.config.js
Hash: c657c43cd474598d9123
Version: webpack 1.15.0
Time: 3905ms
Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names
main.js 50.8 kB 0 [emitted] main
[0] multi main 28 bytes {0} [built]
+ 153 hidden modules
> q2studio@2017.12.0 build:render /home/hzh0005/qiiem2-studio/q2studio-2017.12.0
> webpack --config config/webpack.prod.config.js
Hash: 0a6f8d19954af4ac504c
Version: webpack 1.15.0
Time: 37212ms
Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names
js/bundle.js 1.95 MB 0 [emitted] main
css/main.css 2.09 kB 0 [emitted] main
index.html 613 bytes [emitted]
[0] multi main 28 bytes {0} [built]
+ 1110 hidden modules
Child html-webpack-plugin for "index.html":
+ 3 hidden modules
Child extract-text-webpack-plugin:
+ 2 hidden modules
Child extract-text-webpack-plugin:
+ 2 hidden modules
Child extract-text-webpack-plugin:
+ 2 hidden modules
(qiime2-2017.12) hzh0005@hzh0005:~/qiiem2-studio/q2studio-2017.12.0$ npm start
> q2studio@2017.12.0 start /home/hzh0005/qiiem2-studio/q2studio-2017.12.0
> cross-env NODE\_ENV=production electron -r babel-register build/main.js
/home/hzh0005/qiiem2-studio/q2studio-2017.12.0/node\_modules/electron/dist/electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
npm ERR! Linux 4.13.0-32-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "start"
npm ERR! node v6.11.4
npm ERR! npm v3.5.2
npm ERR! file sh
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno ENOENT
npm ERR! syscall spawn
npm ERR! q2studio@2017.12.0 start: `cross-env NODE_ENV=production electron -r babel-register build/main.js`
npm ERR! spawn ENOENT
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the q2studio@2017.12.0 start script 'cross-env NODE\_ENV=production electron -r babel-register build/main.js'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the q2studio package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR! cross-env NODE\_ENV=production electron -r babel-register build/main.js
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR! npm bugs q2studio
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR! npm owner ls q2studio
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR! /home/hzh0005/qiiem2-studio/q2studio-2017.12.0/npm-debug.log
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### Author:  [@colinbrislawn](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/colinbrislawn)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-when-install-qiime2-studio/2983/3 "2018-02-12T18:57:08Z")
Hello Tom,
As far as I know, q2studio is still in development and might be tricky to install. Let us see if @jairideout has any recommendations about installing this software.
Colin
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### Author:  [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-when-install-qiime2-studio/2983/4 "2018-02-13T00:09:38Z")
Hi @hzh0005,
I think this snippet is the relevant issue:
> [@hzh0005](#):
>
> electron: error while loading shared libraries: libgconf-2.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Googling, it looks like if you installed that external library it should resolve the problem.
For example if you were on an Ubuntu/Debian based distro you could run something like:
```bash
apt-get install libgconf-2-4
```
and then run the above again.
Let me know if that gets you on the right track!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2018, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/problem-when-install-qiime2-studio/2983/6 "2018-03-16T06:09:56Z")
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