Ghost v4.1.0 is not compatible with this version of the CLI

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I’m trying to update to Ghost 4.1.0 on an self hosted installation. I’ve used CLI to install it. When running ghost update I get this:

You are running an outdated version of Ghost-CLI. It is recommended that you upgrade before continuing. Run `npm install -g ghost-cli@latest` to upgrade.

+ sudo systemctl is-active ghost_94-130-108-202

✔ Checking system Node.js version
✔ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user
✔ Checking if logged in user is directory owner
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Checking folder permissions
✔ Checking file permissions
✔ Checking content folder ownership
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking free space
✔ Checking for available migrations
✔ Checking for latest Ghost version
✖ Downloading and updating Ghost to v4.1.0
A SystemError occurred.

Message: Ghost v4.1.0 is not compatible with this version of the CLI.

Debug Information:
OS: Ubuntu, v20.04.1 LTS
Node Version: v12.18.3
Ghost Version: 3.37.1
Ghost-CLI Version: 1.15.0
Environment: production
Command: 'ghost update'

Try running ghost doctor to check your system for known issues. Ghost admin interface in the browser shows me we're using version 3.42.2.

When I run npm install -g ghost-cli@latest everything looks fine:

/usr/bin/ghost -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/bin/ghost
+ ghost-cli@1.16.3
added 11 packages from 5 contributors, removed 25 packages and updated 41 packages in 22.401s

But when I check ghost version it’s still CLI 1.15.0. So it looks like updating CLI seems to be the problem?

While googling I also found this thread from the forum about a similar issue with version 2. They describe the same issue. I tried ghost update --v3 similarly to that thread, but it doesn’t work either and leads to the error from above.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to solve this?

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Looking back at my zsh history, it looks like I had to update v3 first.

ghost update v3

Then I was able to run:

ghost update

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Thanks! I somehow already managed to update to 3.42.4 directly. The Ghost-CLI update still doesn’t work. When trying to update to 4.0 it still fails because of the incompatibility. The issue really seems to be the npm update not working.

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Ah, yes. I recall that I had to downgrade my node version since I happen to do several other things on the MacBook. v4 can use 14.16.0.

I use NVM to manage my NodeJS installation, check your version using

node --version

Then head over to NodeJS to download the proper version.

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Check to ensure that you don’t have 2 versions on your system. I experienced something similar with CLI upgrade on bitnami - I think that this article references the issue Update the Ghost CLI

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Node is using Node 12, this should at least be supported.

node --version
v12.18.3

Do you mean two versions of npm or two versions of the Ghost-CLI?

When checking the npm version I was also told to update to npm 7.7.4 from 6.14.8, which I did. I then ran npm install -g ghost-cli@latest again and tried ghost update, but that didn’t change anything.

npm list -g shows me that ghost-cli 1.16.3 is installed though:

/usr/lib
├── ghost-cli@1.16.3
├── gulp-cli@2.3.0
├── npm@7.7.5
└── yarn@1.22.5

How can I be sure Ghost uses the right CLI version?

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Ghost-CLI - I have gone through my notes and unfortunately cannot find anymore to add or help, only that I recall having similar issue when recently upgrading to V4 and in my case (from memory) had to ensure that correct version of Ghost-CLI updated and used.

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Try updating the Ghost CLI with Yarn and then running ghost update

sudo yarn global add ghost-cli@latest
ghost update

It worked for me.

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That actually worked! Thank you!

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10

Sweet. Glad to help.

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working with node 12

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For me worked! Excellent! Thank You!