# Error when installing dashboard

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-dashboard/19279>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [17 December 2019 22:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-dashboard/19279 "2019-12-17T22:15:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![henke\_321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d6d6ee/32.png) [@henke\_321](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/henke_321)\
**Post date:** [17 December 2019 22:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-dashboard/19279/1 "2019-12-17T22:15:01Z")

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Hi!

HW Raspberry Pi 3 Model B V1,2  
Image Rasbian Buster Lite

I tried to install node-red-dashboard using manage palette but i it fails.

**Error log**  
0 info it worked if it ends with ok  
1 verbose cli [  
1 verbose cli '/usr/bin/node',  
1 verbose cli '/usr/bin/npm',  
1 verbose cli 'install',  
1 verbose cli '--no-audit',  
1 verbose cli '--no-update-notifier',  
1 verbose cli '--save',  
1 verbose cli '--save-prefix="~"',  
1 verbose cli '--production',  
1 verbose cli 'node-red-dashboard@2.19.2'  
1 verbose cli ]  
2 info using npm@6.13.4  
3 info using node@v12.13.1  
4 verbose stack /usr/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/stream-each/index.js:1  
4 verbose stack ��~G��Eİ@������A?��A7��~G��:İ@�����B��A?��AW��~G��.�%^C�^C  
4 verbose stack  
4 verbose stack  
4 verbose stack SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token  
4 verbose stack at Module.\_compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:895:18)  
4 verbose stack at Object.Module.\_extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)  
4 verbose stack at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)  
4 verbose stack at Function.Module.\_load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)  
4 verbose stack at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)  
4 verbose stack at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)  
4 verbose stack at Object. (/usr/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/mississippi/index.js:2:23)  
4 verbose stack at Module.\_compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)  
4 verbose stack at Object.Module.\_extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)  
4 verbose stack at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:815:32)  
4 verbose stack at Function.Module.\_load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:727:14)  
4 verbose stack at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:852:19)  
4 verbose stack at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:74:18)  
4 verbose stack at Object. (/usr/lib/node\_modules/npm/node\_modules/cacache/lib/entry-index.js:11:12)  
4 verbose stack at Module.\_compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:959:30)  
4 verbose stack at Object.Module.\_extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:995:10)  
5 verbose cwd /home/pi/.node-red  
6 verbose Linux 4.19.75-v7+  
7 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--no-audit" "--no-update-notifier" "--save" "--save-prefix="~"" "--production" "node-red-dashboard@2.19.2"  
8 verbose node v12.13.1  
9 verbose npm v6.13.4  
10 error Invalid or unexpected token

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**Author:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [17 December 2019 23:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/error-when-installing-dashboard/19279/2 "2019-12-17T23:14:21Z")

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So to be clear, you are using the Paletteoption with in NR.  
What version of NR are you running?  
Do you have any other dashboard installed?  
Where did you see this log?