Discourse is not letting me run setup

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The user dowo is unable to run the setup for Discourse due to missing directories, specifically containers. maiki identifies that the user has cloned the wrong repository (discourse instead of discourse_docker). maiki provides the correct repository URL and commands to fix the issue. dowo mentions difficulties with directory creation and a desire to learn for future modifications. pfaffman advises using sudo su - and following the official installation steps carefully, noting the user’s typo (cs instead of cd).

Hello

When I installed Discourse it didnt let me run chmod 700 containers and wont let me setup

Thanks for help

From /var/discourse please list contents (ls), and check if the directory is there:

[maiki@disc discourse_docker]$ ls
bin         discourse-doctor  launcher   samples  templates
cids        discourse-setup   LICENSE    scripts  tests
containers  image             README.md  shared

Weird, I dont see it. I installed Discourse normally.

Ah, I see. You’ve got the wrong the repo:

sudo -s
git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git /var/discourse
cd /var/discourse
chmod 700 containers

You want https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git (with _docker).

Looks like I’m going to have to install linux for the 4th time. Thanks :slight_smile:

Will update when I have somethin

You can probably remove that directory and start over without re-installing… but that’s how I learned, so go for it! :+1:

When I did that the first time it would just not let me make the directory again.

(I’m trying to learn so I can install my 2013 build with a modified launcher lol)

This is what it looked like
image

You need to be root.

   sudo su -

First.

You cloned the wrong repo and typed cs rather than cd.

I would recommend that you follow the standard install instructions more carefully. And maybe try to copy and paste…