### Author:  [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/1 "2017-03-01T13:59:25Z")
I tried to restore a backup with command line (GUI is not an option) but I get this error :
```plaintext
root@forum:/var/discourse# ./launcher enter app
root@forum-app:/var/www/discourse# discourse restore
You must provide a filename to restore. Did you mean one of the following?
script/discourse restore tact-forum-2017-02-01-075306-v20161216101352.tar.gz
root@forum-app:/var/www/discourse# script/discourse restore tact-forum-2017-02-01-075306-v20161216101352.tar.gz
/usr/local/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require': cannot load such file -- thor (LoadError)
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
from script/discourse:3:in `'
```
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/2 "2017-03-01T14:07:35Z")
@zogstrip can you have a look?
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### Author:  [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/3 "2017-03-01T15:42:41Z")
> [@Chopper](#):
>
> usr/local/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:55:in `require’: cannot load such file – thor (LoadError)
Seems my docker is broken. Is there a way to quickly check if someting went wrong in the docker ?
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### Author:  [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/4 "2017-03-02T00:37:54Z")
The Thor gem isn’t installed by default.
From your container run `gem install thor` and you should be good to go.
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### Author:  [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/5 "2017-03-02T17:15:35Z")
Why the gem `thor` is not installed by default since he is used to do the backup ?
There is a GUI to restore a backup but an admin need to go on the docker to install the gem and then restore the backup ? 😒
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/6 "2017-03-02T17:18:59Z")
I’ve actually wondered this for a while. If `thor` is needed for our CLI surely it should be installed in the Gemfile.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/7 "2017-03-02T17:21:46Z")
It is in the lock
>
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### Author:  [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/8 "2017-03-02T17:24:22Z")
I have this file too, but obviously the gem are not installed
```plaintext
root@ubuntu-app:/var/www/discourse# gem list
***LOCAL GEMS***
bigdecimal (1.2.8)
bundler (1.14.5, 1.13.7)
did_you_mean (1.0.0)
io-console (0.4.5)
json (1.8.3)
minitest (5.8.5)
net-telnet (0.1.1)
power_assert (0.2.6)
psych (2.1.0)
rake (10.4.2)
rdoc (4.2.1)
test-unit (3.1.5)
```
**This is a fresh install, the lastest version of discourse downloaded this morning.**
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/9 "2017-03-02T17:55:33Z")
Maybe it is only installed in dev mode, agree we should fix this, expecting people to install gems just to get `discourse` CLI to run is crazy
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/10 "2017-03-02T18:36:34Z")
I think this will fix it:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/890f1bde894239a86da49908a31aa5e0a33072f5](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/890f1bde894239a86da49908a31aa5e0a33072f5)
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### Author:  [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/11 "2017-03-02T19:21:59Z")
Be careful, I remember that a thor version beyond 0.19.1 breaks stuff in ugly ways.
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### Author:  [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/12 "2017-03-02T19:40:36Z")
Or the gem should be installed when backup button is clicked and removed after regarding what @michaeld says
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### Author:  [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/13 "2017-03-02T20:06:36Z")
> [@michaeld](#):
>
> I remember that a thor version beyond 0.19.1 breaks stuff in ugly ways.
Really? Whenever I encountered the error I’d type `gem install thor` on the command line to get the latest version and it’s always worked. Do you have steps to reproduce it?
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### Author:  [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/14 "2017-03-02T21:29:23Z")
Sorry, can’t find it in my notes ☹
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-backup-error-thor/58170/15 "2024-06-08T12:44:59Z")
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