Hi, I’m developing a theme component for a project and created a GitHub repo for it, but when I try to install it (or any other remote theme/component) in my local development instance, I just get a 500 error. This is what I’m seeing in the log, but I’m not sure how to debug further? Completed 500 …

Have you tried the Beginners’ guide to using Theme Creator and Theme CLI to start building a Discourse theme . Does it work that way?

D’oh! :man_facepalming:t5: Thanks, Jay! I already had the Theme CLI installed, I’d just forgotten about it. That works fine.

Well, then you’ve got the theme part right. Is it in a public repo? Maybe that’s the part you’ve got wrong.

Yes, it’s in a public repo, but I get the same error even when I try to install official themes and components. I’d love to figure it out though, as I’m working on two components, so plus the two needed for Discourse itself, that means I need to run a total of four terminals for each session …

[image] Genyus: I get the same error even when I try to install official themes and components Are you behind some kind of firewall or some strange network?

Theme/component installation error

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Genyus (Gary McPherson) February 8, 2022, 1:05am 7

No, just a regular home broadband connection and wifi network, no estoric network configuration.

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Theme/component installation error

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