# Getting an error when trying to install my cannister

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/getting-an-error-when-trying-to-install-my-cannister/271>\
**Category:** Getting Started\
**Created:** [December 8, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/getting-an-error-when-trying-to-install-my-cannister/271 "2019-12-08T20:20:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Comp\_Sci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Comp\_Sci](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Comp_Sci)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/getting-an-error-when-trying-to-install-my-cannister/271/10 "2019-12-11T04:18:13Z")

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Thanks for the explanation @hansl. I’ll make sure to clear my tmp folders in the mean time. (Deleting both the checkpoints and tmp folder data does resolve the issue)

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