Title: Error While trying to install theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error While trying to install theme

 *  Resolved [vdrive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vdrive/)
 * (@vdrive)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/)
 * Hello all,
 * I got the error below while trying to install a theme:
 * The package could not be installed. The style.css stylesheet doesn’t contain 
   a valid theme header.
 * Theme install failed.
 * What can be the cause of this and how do I resolve it.
 * Thanks

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/#post-3357000)
 * Which theme is this?
 *  Thread Starter [vdrive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vdrive/)
 * (@vdrive)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/#post-3357003)
 * [@andrew](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew/) The theme is Averin. Thanks
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/#post-3357004)
 * Your [theme’s vendors](http://themeforest.net/user/wptitans) should know what’s
   going on here, you can contact them.
 *  [Slobodan K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpcanyon/)
 * (@wpcanyon)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/#post-3357012)
 * Make sure you installed the theme and not the whole packaged you got from Themeforest.
 * Unpack the zipped file from TF and inside of it you’ll find the theme zip.
 * If that is what you did then copy paste the first 10 lines of style.css here.
 *  Thread Starter [vdrive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vdrive/)
 * (@vdrive)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/#post-3357034)
 * That’s exactly what I did. Here’s the first ten lines as requested:
 *     ```
       @charset utf-8;
   
       /*
       Theme Name :  Averin
       Theme URI:    http://www.wptitans.com/averin
       Description:  A premium template for blog and magazines. Follow us on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/wptitan">Twitter</a> or find more              awesome products at <a href="http://themeforest.net/user/wptitans">Themeforest</a>.
       Author:       WP Titans
       Author URI:   http://www.wptitans.com/
       Tags:         Multi Columns, Fixed Width, Custom Header, Custom Background, Threaded Comments,  Translation Ready,
       Version:      2.1
       */
       /*
       ```
   
 *  [Slobodan K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpcanyon/)
 * (@wpcanyon)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/#post-3357039)
 * The empty space in the description after “find more” and before “awesome” is 
   confusing.
 * Try changing it to this and see what happens.
 *     ```
       @charset utf-8;
   
       /*
       Theme Name: Averin
       Theme URI: http://www.wptitans.com/averin
       Description: Blah blah
       Author: WP Titans
       Author URI: http://www.wptitans.com/
       Version: 2.1
       */
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [vdrive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vdrive/)
 * (@vdrive)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/#post-3357051)
 * I really appreciate your support. It worked after effecting your suggestion. 
   Thanks a bunch 🙂
 *  [Slobodan K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpcanyon/)
 * (@wpcanyon)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-while-trying-to-install-theme/#post-3357055)
 * You’re welcome. 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Slobodan K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpcanyon/)
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