# Error starting Plutus Server **URL:** \ **Category:** Smart Contracts\ **Tags:** plutus\ **Created:** [21 July 2021 21:07 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/error-starting-plutus-server/67308 "2021-07-21T21:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nnyandoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@nnyandoro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/nnyandoro)\ **Post date:** [21 July 2021 21:07 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/error-starting-plutus-server/67308/1 "2021-07-21T21:07:09Z")
Hi just getting started with Plutus here and new to the nix environment. Whenever I start running the the server I get the following error and can’t seem to figure out what/where the issue is. any help would be greatly appreciated. [nix-shell:/plutus/plutus-playground-server]$ plutus-playground-server plutus-playground-server: for development use only error: creating symlink from ‘/plutus/plutus-playground-server/result.tmp-248-1265401017’ to ‘/nix/store/myab7l1g7c5gi1mxhgkla9mlwzyzswb3-ghc-shell-for-packages-ghc-8.10.4.20210212-env’: Permission denied error: creating symlink from ‘/plutus/plutus-playground-server/result.tmp-254-1793004326’ to ‘/nix/store/b2cl29izz2h6agfn9jwfs289fh4ya6rs-plutus-playground-server-exe-plutus-playground-server-0.1.0.0’: Permission denied /nix/store/rm5268gvw75mmh8mhcbb9rs817wvnfhj-plutus-playground-server/bin/plutus-playground-server: line 10: /bin/plutus-playground-server: No such file or directory ---
**Author:** ![Twitch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/twitch/32/31724_2.png) [@Twitch](https://forum.cardano.org/u/Twitch)\ **Post date:** [10 August 2021 23:00 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/error-starting-plutus-server/67308/2 "2021-08-10T23:00:23Z")
What’s your operating system? If you’re using WSL on Windows, make sure that you’ve cloned both the plutus as well as the plutus-pioneer github repo inside your WSL filesystem (for example at /home) and not your Windows filesystem. ---
**Author:** ![nnyandoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/57b2e6/32.png) [@nnyandoro](https://forum.cardano.org/u/nnyandoro)\ **Post date:** [17 August 2021 21:30 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/error-starting-plutus-server/67308/3 "2021-08-17T21:30:18Z")
Thanks Twitch for the response I am running Windows OS. Cloned everything as stated but still same error, I will try a fresh new install once I get a chance. There are some items I saw on installing a node that might be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![NirmalSingh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/nirmalsingh/32/41161_2.png) [@NirmalSingh](https://forum.cardano.org/u/NirmalSingh)\ **Post date:** [11 September 2021 03:23 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/error-starting-plutus-server/67308/4 "2021-09-11T03:23:45Z")
on WSL, nix-shell command (running inside …/plutus/ folder) is throwing below error: building ‘/nix/store/jm4m95mrzjbsvd2ffh6bf83nhmxbi9xm-dummy-ghc-8.10.4.20210212.drv’… building ‘/nix/store/2fxkcjm42kxbdkpyvv0cf29mcrf5lxlh-dot-cabal-hackage.haskell.org-at-2021-06-10T000000Z.drv’… fdLock: invalid argument (Invalid argument) builder for ‘/nix/store/2fxkcjm42kxbdkpyvv0cf29mcrf5lxlh-dot-cabal-hackage.haskell.org-at-2021-06-10T000000Z.drv’ failed with exit code 1 cannot build derivation ‘/nix/store/k9cgc22kjl9l3c4rsjbp7zvdbklimbdr-Agda-plan-to-nix-pkgs.drv’: 1 dependencies couldn’t be built cannot build derivation ‘/nix/store/1az775s1adci32g2351glcyvwlh9r8is-Agda-plan-to-nix-pkgs.drv’: 1 dependencies couldn’t be built error: build of ‘/nix/store/1az775s1adci32g2351glcyvwlh9r8is-Agda-plan-to-nix-pkgs.drv’ failed ---
**Author:** ![hopbless](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/hopbless/32/42785_2.png) [@hopbless](https://forum.cardano.org/u/hopbless)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2021 14:37 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/error-starting-plutus-server/67308/5 "2021-09-16T14:37:28Z")
got this permission denied error when running nix-shell. same error if try to run plutus-playground-server hopesy@Hope-PC:~/myplutus/plutus$ nix-shell trace: To materialize project.plan-nix for Agda entirely, pass a writable path as the `materialized` argument and run the ‘updateMaterialized’ script in ‘passthru’. trace: To materialize project.plan-nix for cabal-install entirely, pass a writable path as the `materialized` argument and run the ‘updateMaterialized’ script in ‘passthru’. trace: To materialize project.plan-nix for haskell-project entirely, pass a writable path as the `materialized` argument and run the ‘updateMaterialized’ script in ‘passthru’. trace: To materialize project.plan-nix for stylish-haskell entirely, pass a writable path as the `materialized` argument and run the ‘updateMaterialized’ script in ‘passthru’. trace: To materialize project.plan-nix for haskell-project entirely, pass a writable path as the `materialized` argument and run the ‘updateMaterialized’ script in ‘passthru’. trace: To materialize project.plan-nix for hlint entirely, pass a writable path as the `materialized` argument and run the ‘updateMaterialized’ script in ‘passthru’. nix-pre-commit-hooks: updating /home/hopesy/myplutus/plutus repo ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘.pre-commit-config.yaml’: Permission denied An unexpected error has occurred: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ‘.git/hooks/pre-commit’ Check the log at /home/hopesy/.cache/pre-commit/pre-commit.log pid 7462’s current affinity list: 0-7 pid 7462’s new affinity list: 0-7