# Help with discourse rebuild failure

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-rebuild-failure/342996>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [December 17, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-rebuild-failure/342996 "2024-12-17T20:07:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-rebuild-failure/342996/2 "2024-12-17T21:54:02Z")

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> [@alehandrof](#):
>
> ```plaintext
> I, [2024-12-17T20:05:40.397186 #1] INFO -- : > cd /var/www/discourse/plugins && git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions
> fatal: destination path 'discourse-reactions' already exists and is not an empty directory.
> 
> ```

Looks like something wrong with a plugin - would suggest you (carefully) edit your yml file (probably app.yml) to remove that plugin. Take a backup copy of the file first. (You should always take a clean backup of everything including yml file before rebuilding.)

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