# Need help in resolving build issue

**URL:** https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/need-help-in-resolving-build-issue/43960
**Category:** Using Themes
**Created:** [April 18, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/need-help-in-resolving-build-issue/43960 "2023-04-18T10:54:49Z")
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### Author: ![unknown007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bbce88/32.png) [@unknown007](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/unknown007)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/need-help-in-resolving-build-issue/43960/1 "2023-04-18T10:54:49Z")

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I cloned a repo and ran the command `hugo server`  
i was getting the error as in the below screenshot

 ![Screenshot 2023-04-18 at 4.24.07 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/gohugo/original/3X/1/1/117936c025fb39aa8e7c4f8207aa7910b455c500.png)  
repository link - [GitHub - abrahamalen/alen-abraham.github.io: A personal website created using Hugo.](https://github.com/abrahamalen/alen-abraham.github.io)  
need some help in resolving this.

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### Author: ![razon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/razon/32/14882_2.png) [@razon](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/razon)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/need-help-in-resolving-build-issue/43960/2 "2023-04-18T14:40:23Z")

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You’ll need to download/update the Git submodule.

```sh
git submodule update --recursive --init

```

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### Author: ![unknown007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bbce88/32.png) [@unknown007](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/unknown007)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/need-help-in-resolving-build-issue/43960/3 "2023-04-18T17:43:15Z")

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> [@razon](#):
>
> ```auto
> git submodule update --recursive --init
> 
> ```

Thanks for the help. it worked

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### Author: ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.gohugo.io/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/need-help-in-resolving-build-issue/43960/4 "2023-04-20T17:43:17Z")

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