import theme as hugo module but got "found no layout file"

[3FanYu]

Describe the bug

A clear and concise description of what the bug is. I tried to import the theme as a hugo module

hugo mod get github.com/CaiJimmy/hugo-theme-stack/v3

and specified the module import inside the config.yaml

module:
  imports:
    - path: github.com/CaiJimmy/hugo-theme-stack/v3
      disable: false

Expected behavior

A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

was expected to see the theme applied after running hugo server -D but instead seen:

the theme is also not loaded:

Environment

• Hugo version [e.g: 0.80.0]: hugo v0.92.2+extended
• Hugo extended?: Yes / No Yes

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here. go version: 1.16.3

Content of config.yaml

module:
  # uncomment line below for temporary local development of module
  # replacements: "github.com/CaiJimmy/hugo-theme-stack/v3 -> ../../hugo-theme-stack"
  imports:
    - path: github.com/CaiJimmy/hugo-theme-stack/v3
      disable: false

baseurl: https://example.com
languageCode: en-us
paginate: 5
title: Example Site

languages:
    en:
        languageName: English
        title: Example Site
        weight: 1
    zh-cn:
        languageName: 中文
        title: 演示站点
        weight: 2
    ar:
        languageName: عربي
        languagedirection: rtl
        title: موقع تجريبي
        weight: 3

# Change it to your Disqus shortname before using
disqusShortname: hugo-theme-stack

# GA Tracking ID
googleAnalytics:

# Theme i18n support
# Available values: en, fr, id, ja, ko, pt-br, zh-cn, zh-tw, es, de, nl, it, th, el, uk, ar
DefaultContentLanguage: en

# Set hasCJKLanguage to true if DefaultContentLanguage is in [zh-cn ja ko]
# This will make .Summary and .WordCount behave correctly for CJK languages.
hasCJKLanguage: false

permalinks:
    post: /p/:slug/
    page: /:slug/

params:
    mainSections:
        - post
    featuredImageField: image
    rssFullContent: true
    favicon:

    footer:
        since: 2020
        customText:

    dateFormat:
        published: Jan 02, 2006
        lastUpdated: Jan 02, 2006 15:04 MST

    sidebar:
        emoji: 🍥
        subtitle: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
        avatar:
            enabled: true
            local: true
            src: img/avatar.png

    article:
        math: false
        toc: true
        readingTime: true
        license:
            enabled: true
            default: Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

    comments:
        enabled: true
        provider: disqus

        disqusjs:
            shortname:
            apiUrl:
            apiKey:
            admin:
            adminLabel:

        utterances:
            repo:
            issueTerm: pathname
            label:

        remark42:
            host:
            site:
            locale:

        vssue:
            platform:
            owner:
            repo:
            clientId:
            clientSecret:
            autoCreateIssue: false

        # Waline client configuration see: https://waline.js.org/en/reference/client.html
        waline:
            serverURL:
            lang:
            visitor:
            avatar:
            emoji:
                - https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/walinejs/emojis/weibo
            requiredMeta:
                - name
                - email
                - url
            placeholder:
            locale:
                admin: Admin

        twikoo:
            envId:
            region:
            path:
            lang:

        # See https://cactus.chat/docs/reference/web-client/#configuration for description of the various options
        cactus:
            defaultHomeserverUrl: "https://matrix.cactus.chat:8448"
            serverName: "cactus.chat"
            siteName: "" # You must insert a unique identifier here matching the one you registered (See https://cactus.chat/docs/getting-started/quick-start/#register-your-site)

        giscus:
            repo:
            repoID:
            category:
            categoryID:
            mapping:
            lightTheme:
            darkTheme:
            reactionsEnabled: 1
            emitMetadata: 0

        gitalk:
            owner:
            admin:
            repo:
            clientID:
            clientSecret:

        cusdis:
            host:
            id:
    widgets:
        homepage:
            - type: search
            - type: archives
              params:
                  limit: 5
            - type: categories
              params:
                  limit: 10
            - type: tag-cloud
              params:
                  limit: 10
        page:
            - type: toc

    opengraph:
        twitter:
            # Your Twitter username
            site:

            # Available values: summary, summary_large_image
            card: summary_large_image

    defaultImage:
        opengraph:
            enabled: false
            local: false
            src:

    colorScheme:
        # Display toggle
        toggle: true

        # Available values: auto, light, dark
        default: auto

    imageProcessing:
        cover:
            enabled: true
        content:
            enabled: true

### Custom menu
### See https://docs.stack.jimmycai.com/configuration/custom-menu.html
### To remove about, archive and search page menu item, remove `menu` field from their FrontMatter
menu:
    main: []

    social:
        - identifier: github
          name: GitHub
          url: https://github.com/CaiJimmy/hugo-theme-stack
          params:
              icon: brand-github

        - identifier: twitter
          name: Twitter
          url: https://twitter.com
          params:
              icon: brand-twitter

related:
    includeNewer: true
    threshold: 60
    toLower: false
    indices:
        - name: tags
          weight: 100

        - name: categories
          weight: 200

markup:
    goldmark:
        renderer:
            ## Set to true if you have HTML content inside Markdown
            unsafe: false
    tableOfContents:
        endLevel: 4
        ordered: true
        startLevel: 2
    highlight:
        noClasses: false
        codeFences: true
        guessSyntax: true
        lineNoStart: 1
        lineNos: true
        lineNumbersInTable: true
        tabWidth: 4

Link to the demo site and/or source repository

[CaiJimmy]

Can you try https://github.com/CaiJimmy/hugo-theme-stack-starter and see if the same error persists?

[ghost]

I encountered the same problem after some time while using theme as a hugo module. Fix was to clean Hugo module cache by hugo mod clean

[3FanYu]

@CaiJimmy sry for the late reply, the starter strat works like a charm. Thank you for making this easy starter pack!

[3FanYu]

@kbetanski thx for replying, unfortunately, the solution did not work for me. anyway, I've decided to switch to the started pack strat, which is easier for me. Thank you again for replying.