# Setting up discourse on localhost windows using WSL(linux)
**URL:** https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/3524
**Category:** Ruby on Rails, Ember and JS (Discourse and Docuss)
**Created:** [2 June 2023 11:22 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/3524 "2023-06-02T11:22:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Nelson](https://publichappinessmovement.com/u/Nelson)
#### Post date: [2 June 2023 11:22 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/3524/1 "2023-06-02T11:22:32Z")
After successfully installing discourse when trying to start it I am getting the following error
````auto
# terminated with exception (report_on_exception is true):
/home/nelson/discourse/lib/letter_avatar.rb:112:in ``': No such file or directory - convert (Errno::ENOENT)
from /home/nelson/discourse/lib/letter_avatar.rb:112:in `image_magick_version'
from /home/nelson/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:1109:in `block in preload_rails!'
E, [2023-06-02T14:01:47.847419 #24531] ERROR -- : No such file or directory - convert (Errno::ENOENT)
/home/nelson/discourse/lib/letter_avatar.rb:112:in ``'
/home/nelson/discourse/lib/letter_avatar.rb:112:in `image_magick_version'
/home/nelson/discourse/lib/discourse.rb:1109:in `block in preload_rails!'```
````
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### Author:  [@AndyatFocallocal](https://publichappinessmovement.com/u/AndyatFocallocal)
#### Post date: [2 June 2023 11:24 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/3524/2 "2023-06-02T11:24:54Z")
[@WebDev](https://publichappinessmovement.com/groups/webdev) anyone have any ideas?
@zhna123 are any of those the dependencies you’re working on updating at the moment?
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### Author:  [@Nelson](https://publichappinessmovement.com/u/Nelson)
#### Post date: [2 June 2023 12:04 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/3524/3 "2023-06-02T12:04:14Z")
@AndyatFocallocal I have gotten a solution to the problem and it`s finally working 🥳
I was using the following [guide](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-ubuntu-or-debian-for-development/14727). I am writing the solution and posting it under the [documentation](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/3525) shortly.
Thank you for your support.
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### Author:  [@AndyatFocallocal](https://publichappinessmovement.com/u/AndyatFocallocal)
#### Post date: [2 June 2023 12:14 UTC](https://publichappinessmovement.com/t/topic/3524/4 "2023-06-02T12:14:12Z")
Great, well done. Interesting to see a Windows set up running the full platform well. I advise everyone not to try but if yours is stable then i will advise them to try out WSL instead.