# Unable to install rocket chat server on windows 10

**URL:** https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-install-rocket-chat-server-on-windows-10/11777
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 28, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-install-rocket-chat-server-on-windows-10/11777 "2021-07-28T07:00:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![ankita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@ankita](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/ankita)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-install-rocket-chat-server-on-windows-10/11777/1 "2021-07-28T07:00:07Z")

</div>

Hi All,  
I am unable to install rocket chat on my windows10 .  
I tried with wsl 2 from this link [Developing on Windows 10 - Rocket.Chat Developer](https://developer.rocket.chat/guides/developer/developing-on-windows-10)  
I am getting the following error :  
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE  
npm ERR! errno 1  
npm ERR! sharp@0.22.1 install: `(node install/libvips && node install/dll-copy && prebuild-install) || (node-gyp rebuild && node install/dll-copy)`  
npm ERR! Exit status 1  
npm ERR!  
npm ERR! Failed at the sharp@0.22.1 install script.  
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:  
npm ERR! /root/.npm/\_logs/2021-07-27T13\_44\_06\_881Z-debug.log

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![john.crisp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/john.crisp/32/2711_2.png) [@john.crisp](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/john.crisp)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-install-rocket-chat-server-on-windows-10/11777/2 "2021-07-28T09:14:37Z")

</div>

Please tell us a bit about your Windows machine?

How much RAM have you got?

Note - you will save yourself a lot of time and trouble if you use a dedicated Linux machine.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![ankita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@ankita](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/ankita)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-install-rocket-chat-server-on-windows-10/11777/3 "2021-07-28T09:27:30Z")

</div>

Hi @john.crisp ,  
I have 16 gb of RAM.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/uploads/rocketchat/original/2X/0/00a57fe96c4750d8895d359c28fae602c37736aa.png)  
Have windows 10 Version 1909 OS Build 18363.1316  
In my case using dedicated linux is not an option at this time.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![ducvinhvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@ducvinhvan](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/ducvinhvan)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/unable-to-install-rocket-chat-server-on-windows-10/11777/4 "2022-03-11T15:59:45Z")

</div>

You must be using **Windows 10, version 2004 or later** to take advantage of WSL 2, and to setup Rocket.Chat development.  
ref: [Windows 10 - Rocket.Chat Developer](https://developer.rocket.chat/rocket.chat/rocket.chat-server/windows-10)