# Error when run a local instance of internet identity in wsl2

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/error-when-run-a-local-instance-of-internet-identity-in-wsl2/5919>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [July 15, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/error-when-run-a-local-instance-of-internet-identity-in-wsl2/5919 "2021-07-15T10:57:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![72521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/c57346/32.png) [@72521](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/72521)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/error-when-run-a-local-instance-of-internet-identity-in-wsl2/5919/1 "2021-07-15T10:57:56Z")

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I want to run a local instance of the [Internet Identity app](https://github.com/dfinity/internet-identity) in WSL2  
but failed.  
Logs here: [Ubuntu Pastebin](https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/69gKTtF8cG/)

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**Author:** ![Ori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecae2f/32.png) [@Ori](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Ori)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/error-when-run-a-local-instance-of-internet-identity-in-wsl2/5919/2 "2021-07-15T15:17:52Z")

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You could be missing some of the toolchain needed, try installing this first:

`sudo apt install build-essential`

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**Author:** ![72521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/c57346/32.png) [@72521](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/72521)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/error-when-run-a-local-instance-of-internet-identity-in-wsl2/5919/3 "2021-07-15T18:29:32Z")

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i have already installed the latest version

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/dfn/original/2X/9/9e9195e339c92b2ab7b6211ed0336275c782fc53.png)