# Install fail, please help

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 24, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144 "2025-02-24T12:41:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Huang\_Ivan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/huang_ivan/32/484641_2.png) [@Huang\_Ivan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Huang_Ivan)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144/1 "2025-02-24T12:41:34Z")

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== 20181221121805 CreateThemeTranslationOverride: migrating ===================  
– create\_table(:theme\_translation\_overrides)  
 → 0.0102s  
== 20181221121805 CreateThemeTranslationOverride: migrated (0.0111s) ==========

== 20190103051737 AddVersionToOptimizedImages: migrating ======================  
– add\_column(:optimized\_images, :version, :integer)  
 → 0.0008s  
== 20190103051737 AddVersionToOptimizedImages: migrated (0.0012s) =============

== 20190103060819 ForceRebakeOnPostsWithImages: migrating =====================  
– execute(“UPDATE posts SET baked\_version = 0\nWHERE id IN (SELECT post\_id FROM post\_uploads)\n”)  
 → 0.0007s  
== 20190103060819 ForceRebakeOnPostsWithImages: migrated (0.0011s) ============

== 20190103065652 RemoveUploadedMetaIdFromCategory: migrating =================  
== 20190103065652 RemoveUploadedMetaIdFromCategory: migrated (0.0019s) ========

== 20190103160533 CreateReviewables: migrating ================================  
– create\_table(:reviewables)  
 → 0Last failed login: Mon Feb 24 20:33:37 CST 2025 from 218.92.0.198 on ssh:notty  
There were 2 failed login attempts since the last successful login.  
Last login: Mon Feb 24 20:30:46 2025 from 127.0.0.1  
[root@VM-0-11-opencloudos ~]#

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**Author:** ![Huang\_Ivan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/huang_ivan/32/484641_2.png) [@Huang\_Ivan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Huang_Ivan)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144/2 "2025-02-24T12:48:48Z")

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```plaintext

FAILED
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Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake assets:precompile:build' failed with return #<Process::Status: pid 881 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 {"cd"=>"$home", "tag"=>"build", "hook"=>"assets_precompile_build", "cmd"=>["su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake assets:precompile:build'"]}
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.
30348f30e7ed7ca4cc5f7202e9358c63736d3e04fd8bb63d3d1cabf47d6b0dbc
[root@VM-0-11-opencloudos discourse]#

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**Author:** ![Arkshine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/arkshine/32/298682_2.png) [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144/3 "2025-02-24T13:29:52Z")

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Hi, welcome,

> [@Huang\_Ivan](#):
>
> ` **FAILED TO BOOTSTRAP** please scroll up and look for earlier error messages, there may be more than one.`

Can you do that, please?

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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144/4 "2025-02-24T18:56:17Z")

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How much RAM and swap do you have?

```
 free -h

```

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**Author:** ![Huang\_Ivan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/huang_ivan/32/484641_2.png) [@Huang\_Ivan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Huang_Ivan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144/5 "2025-02-25T08:29:52Z")

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```
           total used free shared buff/cache available

```

Mem: 3.6Gi 2.1Gi 607Mi 117Mi 1.3Gi 1.4Gi  
Swap: 1.0Gi 600Mi 424Mi

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**Author:** ![jahan\_gagan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jahan_gagan/32/501948_2.png) [@jahan\_gagan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jahan_gagan)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144/6 "2025-02-25T09:53:52Z")

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Increase your swap size, as part of the build process is memory-intensive. Increasing it to 2 GB or more might help. Then, try rebuilding your app.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-fail-please-help/354144/7 "2025-03-27T09:54:23Z")

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