# Error upon installing - failed to register layer: Error processing tar file(exit status 1):

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upon-installing-failed-to-register-layer-error-processing-tar-file-exit-status-1/203344
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upon-installing-failed-to-register-layer-error-processing-tar-file-exit-status-1/203344 "2021-09-13T01:59:22Z")
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### Author: ![AndreTechExec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@AndreTechExec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndreTechExec)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upon-installing-failed-to-register-layer-error-processing-tar-file-exit-status-1/203344/8 "2021-09-13T18:37:49Z")

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Thanks I did not realize that I needed that much space. I have increased it to 40GB. I am now having a different problem installing.

```plaintext
FAILED
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Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake themes:update assets:precompile' failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 3983 exit 1>

Location of failure: /pups/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:112:in `spawn'

exec failed with the params {"cd"=>"$home", "hook"=>"assets_precompile", "cmd"=>["su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake themes:update assets:precompile'"]}

ed6d1770be5db6fb0f591aeebf4071b3f237666360be1335b2c3053db6e0f6b2

**FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one.

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There is this thread that seems to be a similar issue and says to remove the Glyphy plugin? How is that done and where is it located? Also, why would a brand new install contain a plugin that causes issues?

> [@Discourse won't rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-wont-rebuild/199487):
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> Hi, My Discourse suddenly won’t rebuild. I was doing regular updates for over a 3 years and had no issues, but the latest try can’t go through.. I did no administration changes to the setup - neither introduced new themes. In other words there were zero changes from the last upgrade. Error: Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake themes:update assets:precompile' failed with return #\<Process::Status: pid 3945 exit 1\> Whole LOG: ./launcher rebuild discourse…

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