Cannot install Ghost locally Ubuntu 18.04

[dbouchard]

I’m unable to install Ghost locally. I’ve got the following error. Any help would be appreciated.

Terminal output
user@host:~/dev/ghost-dev$ ghost install local
Checking system Node.js version
Checking current folder permissions
Checking memory availability
Checking for latest Ghost version
Setting up install directory
Downloading and installing Ghost v2.15.0
Finishing install process
Configuring Ghost
Setting up instance
Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user [skipped]
Checking if logged in user is directory owner [skipped]
Checking current folder permissions
Validating config
Checking memory availability
Starting Ghost
A GhostError occurred.

Message: Ghost process exited with code: null

Debug Information:
OS: Ubuntu, v18.04
Node Version: v10.15.1
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.9.9
Environment: development
Command: ‘ghost install local’

Additional log info available in: /home/user/.ghost/logs/ghost-cli-debug-2019-02-24T19_39_51_768Z.log

user@host:~/dev/ghost-dev$ cat /home/user/.ghost/logs/ghost-cli-debug-2019-02-24T19_39_51_768Z.log
Debug Information:
OS: Ubuntu, v18.04
Node Version: v10.15.1
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.9.9
Environment: development
Command: ‘ghost install local’
Message: Ghost process exited with code: null
Stack: Error: Ghost process exited with code: null
at ChildProcess.cp.on (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/lib/utils/local-process.js:56:24)
at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:189:13)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:248:12)

user@host:~/dev/ghost-dev$ ghost doctor
Found a development config but not a production config, running in development mode instead
Checking system Node.js version
Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user [skipped]
Checking if logged in user is directory owner [skipped]
Checking current folder permissions
Validating config
Checking memory availability

[dbouchard]

Update
I’ve reproduced the bug on a virtual machine created on another computer so it seems to be an issue with Linux Ubuntu 18.04 and not only with my computer.

Is anyone using it successfully on Ubuntu 18.04?

[dbouchard]

Update
I’ve installed it with node 8 and it work.

Is there an open issue for this problem with Node 10.15.1 on Ubuntu?

[Kevin]

@dbouchard I’ve just tested this with a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 VM and I’ve been unable to reproduce.

> curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash
> sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
> node -v
v 10.15.2
> sudo npm -i ghost-cli
> mkdir dev-blog
> cd dev-blog
> ghost install local
✔ Checking system Node.js version
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking for latest Ghost version
✔ Setting up install directory
✔ Downloading and installing Ghost v2.16.2
✔ Finishing install process
✔ Configuring Ghost
✔ Setting up instance
ℹ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user [skipped]
ℹ Checking if logged in user is directory owner [skipped]
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Validating config
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Starting Ghost

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Ghost was installed successfully! To complete setup of your publication, visit: 

    http://localhost:2368/ghost/

[dbouchard]

Thank you for the follow up.

My workaround is to work with Node 8 for the moment (I can live with that for now). I will try again with the new Node version (10.15.2 instead of 10.15.1) and Ghost version (2.16.2 instead of 2.15.0) in a VM later to see if something change.

[dbouchard]

I confirm that it work now, thank you!