# Help! A question about npm 

**URL:** <https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703>\
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**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703 "2021-09-03T17:03:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mango](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/mango)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703/1 "2021-09-03T17:03:08Z")

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I run the command under the project nextstrain.org-master: “npm run server” has the following problems ：  
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**Author:** ![trs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/nextstrain.discourse.group/trs/32/5_2.png) [@trs](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/trs)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703/2 "2021-09-03T20:16:41Z")

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@mango Hi, it looks like the error message you intended to show us didn’t make it. Can you try again and then copy and paste it or take a screenshot?

It’d also be helpful to know more about what you’re trying to accomplish. The [nextstrain.org repository](https://github.com/nextstrain/nextstrain.org) is the code for the website but all of our user-installable software is in different repos like [nextstrain/auspice](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice) and [nextstrain/augur](https://github.com/nextstrain/augur). Are you trying to get [nextstrain.org](http://nextstrain.org) setup locally so you can contribute to development?

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**Author:** ![mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mango](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/mango)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703/3 "2021-09-04T03:08:21Z")

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![图片](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/nextstrain/original/1X/8eeb21d30b09c9e29e7ec7fea699bd3b8a4b3c06.png)

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**Author:** ![mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mango](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/mango)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703/4 "2021-09-04T03:09:34Z")

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![图片](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/nextstrain/original/1X/078fbff083b2905737be8082c53d9198d5f9108a.png)  
Thank you!

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**Author:** ![trs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/nextstrain.discourse.group/trs/32/5_2.png) [@trs](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/trs)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703/5 "2021-09-08T18:37:08Z")

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Ok, that error is expected as you don’t have the credentials for the production [nextstrain.org](http://nextstrain.org) server in your environment.

Can you tell us more about what you’re looking to accomplish? The [nextstrain.org repository](https://github.com/nextstrain/nextstrain.org) is the code for the website but all of our user-installable software is in different repos like [nextstrain/auspice](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice) and [nextstrain/augur](https://github.com/nextstrain/augur). Are you trying to get [nextstrain.org](http://nextstrain.org) setup locally so you can contribute to development?

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**Author:** ![mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@mango](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/mango)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703/6 "2021-09-09T03:34:12Z")

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My goal is to try to run the locally built nextstrain.org-master server (download from GitHub: [GitHub - nextstrain/nextstrain.org: The Nextstrain website](https://github.com/nextstrain/nextstrain.org.git)) so that the virus data can be visualized and analyzed locally. However, I tried to start the local service after installing the necessary environment, but there was a problem. I haven’t found a solution. If you can provide me with a good solution, thank you so much.

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**Author:** ![james](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/nextstrain.discourse.group/james/32/11_2.png) [@james](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/james)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/help-a-question-about-npm/703/7 "2021-09-10T00:16:29Z")

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> virus data can be visualized and analyzed locally

[Auspice](https://docs.nextstrain.org/projects/auspice/en/stable/) can be installed locally, which is our recommended method to achieve this. The [nextstrain.org](http://nextstrain.org) server uses auspice internally, but also has a number of other aspects which aren’t helpful for your use-case, as Tom points out.

An alternative approach is to use the online drag-and-drop tool [auspice.us](http://auspice.us) to view your data (this web app uses Auspice under the hood).
