hugu serv error first time running in linuxmint - panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference

[rajmahendra]

I am using latest linuxmint with

   hugo v0.92.2+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2023-01-31T11:11:57Z VendorInfo=ubuntu:0.92.2-1ubuntu0.1

I have created a new hugo site and used git clone of the theme
I copied the example site in main hugo site

when i run hugo serve

I got this error when execution

panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x50 pc=0x16293b2]

goroutine 1 [running]:
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib.newHugoSites({{0x2494e98, 0xc0006b4ff0}, 0xc0001e6a00, 0x0, {0x0, 0x0}, {0x2493a90, 0xc00045d2c0}, {0x0, 0x0, ...}, ...}, ...)
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib/hugo_sites.go:398 +0x832
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib.NewHugoSites({{0x2494e98, 0xc0006b4ff0}, 0xc0001e6a00, 0x0, {0x0, 0x0}, {0x2493a90, 0xc00045d2c0}, {0x0, 0x0, ...}, ...})
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/hugolib/hugo_sites.go:527 +0x11d
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands.(*commandeer).loadConfig.func3()
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands/commandeer.go:419 +0x4f8
sync.(*Once).doSlow(0xc00045d2c0?, 0x1f9a891?)
sync/once.go:68 +0xc2
sync.(*Once).Do(...)
sync/once.go:59
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands.(*commandeer).loadConfig(0xc0004320f0)
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands/commandeer.go:377 +0x8a6
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands.newCommandeer(0x1, 0x1, 0x1, 0xc000513420, {0x247e500?, 0xc0003a55c0}, 0xc0002d98a0, {0x0, 0x0, 0x0})
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands/commandeer.go:195 +0x310
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands.initializeConfig(0x52?, 0x1a?, 0x45?, 0x1fa045a?, {0x247e500?, 0xc0003a55c0?}, 0xc0007ffc70?)
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands/hugo.go:125 +0x31
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands.(*serverCmd).server(0xc0003a55c0, 0xc00037ec80, {0xc0007ffcd8?, 0x0?, 0x0?})
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands/server.go:242 +0x1cd
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).execute(0xc00037ec80, {0x3370d48, 0x0, 0x0})
github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:856 +0x67c
github.com/spf13/cobra.(*Command).ExecuteC(0xc000524280)
github.com/spf13/cobra/command.go:974 +0x3b4
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands.Execute({0xc00003c050, 0x1, 0x1})
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commands/hugo.go:92 +0xb4
main.main()
github.com/gohugoio/hugo/main.go:23 +0x57

Am i missing anything ?