I tried installing the latest version of Ghost on my DigitalOcean one-click droplet from last year and received the following error: ✖ Downloading and updating Ghost to v5.73.0 A SystemError occurred. Message: Ghost v5.73.0 is not compatible with the current Node version. Your node version is 16.2…

Turns out the answer was a little more complicated. Although I’m a huge fan of nvm, I decided to go the apt route outlined in a number of articles. Most of this is captured in Ghost.org ’s Supported NodeJS Versions and Compatibility guide , but it skipped a few updates like NPM and ghost-cli, and whe…

You could either follow a tutorial for upgrading to Node 18 on Ubuntu 22, or start over with a new droplet.

I did this recently and this is how I did it. Install nvm curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.5/install.sh | bash In a new terminal tab, ensure nvm is installed. command -v nvm Install node 18 nvm install 18.18.2 nvm use 18.18.2 Before doing any changes, backup your…

Hey, thanks for this! Could you tell me where you installed this and give me more details, please? I tried to do the same, but it still doesn’t work. I get this error. [CleanShot 2023-11-17 at 09.08.54@2x]

Are you trying to update Ghost? Which version of Ghost you are currently using? It seems that Node 18.12.1 already installed? More context of your environment and what you are trying to achieve will be helpful.

Hey, thanks for the reply! Did you run the commands from curl onwards in the /var/www/ghost directory? Thanks!

Yes, and that seemed to work fine.

Thanks for sharing this. In my case, I also had to change the config and replace mysql2 with mysql. [image] Invalid database type. Supported types are mysql and sqlite3. Current Value(s): mysql2 Self-hosting When attempting to stop a server after updating from Ghost 4.48.1…

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sowenjub November 20, 2024, 10:09am 10

Thanks for sharing this. In my case, I also had to change the config and replace mysql2 with mysql.

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