# Help while installing

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-while-installing/178874>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-while-installing/178874 "2021-02-08T10:50:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ididntknowausername](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7cd45c/32.png) [@ididntknowausername](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ididntknowausername)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-while-installing/178874/1 "2021-02-08T10:50:40Z")

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While installing Discourse using the [official install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) I ran into a problem.

This is what I performed:

```plaintext
sudo -s
git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git /var/discourse
cd /var/discourse

```

This is the error I got:

```plaintext
sudo: unknown group: it
sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin

```

Any help would be appreciated!

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**Author:** ![ann\_eav](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ann_eav/32/207897_2.png) [@ann\_eav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ann_eav)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-while-installing/178874/2 "2021-02-08T12:40:55Z")

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I think it seems like a problem with your sudoers file. The error is telling that the group it is unknown. Check the configuration of the users that are allowed to perform sudo.