# Error while Plugin Install

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-plugin-install/359403
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** reactions, postgres
**Created:** [March 29, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-plugin-install/359403 "2025-03-29T07:31:41Z")
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### Author: ![crazzybat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/crazzybat/32/480356_2.png) [@crazzybat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crazzybat)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-while-plugin-install/359403/1 "2025-03-29T07:31:41Z")

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I’m am try to install a plugin Discourse Reaction but give me this error. Please help me with this.

```plaintext
postgres already running stop container

```

```plaintext
FAILED

```

```plaintext
Pups::ExecError: if [-f /root/install_postgres]; then/root/install_postgres && rm -f /root/install_postgreselif [-e /shared/postgres_run/.s.PGSQL.5432]; thensocat /dev/null UNIX-CONNECT:/shared/postgres_run/.s.PGSQL.5432 || exit 0 && echo postgres already running stop container ; exit 1fifailed with return #<Process::Status: pid 18 exit 1>Location of failure: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/3.3.0/gems/pups-1.2.1/lib/pups/exec_command.rb:132:in `spawn’exec failed with the params {“tag”=>“db”, “cmd”=>“if [-f /root/install_postgres]; then\n /root/install_postgres && rm -f /root/install_postgres\nelif [-e /shared/postgres_run/.s.PGSQL.5432]; then\n socat /dev/null UNIX-CONNECT:/shared/postgres_run/.s.PGSQL.5432 || exit 0 && echo postgres already running stop container ; exit 1\nfi\n”}bootstrap failed with exit code 1 **FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one../discourse-doctor may help diagnose the problem.0b81f43cc0534b635928a565cc326b5e0b14146b75f30462bce22a04ade8af2c

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