Updating to the latest Version of Ghost

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Getting an error when trying to update ghost to the latest version.

secdoc@ubuntu2204-kvm-svr:/var/www/secdoc$ ghost update

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You are running an outdated version of Ghost-CLI.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_www-secdoc-tech
✔ Checking system Node.js version - found v18.19.0
✔ 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

# 5.82.3

* 🎨 Changed TK reminders to be case-insensitive (#20024) - Kevin Ansfield
* 🐛 Fixed admin error when deleting an unsaved or imported post (#20053) - Chris Raible
* 🐛 Fixed file card button not being linked in emails (#20023) - renovate[bot]
* ℹ️ Added support for Node 20 - please report any issues with Node 20 support to GitHub.

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View the changelog for full details: https://github.com/tryghost/ghost/compare/v5.82.2...v5.82.3

✔ Fetched release notes
✖ Downloading and updating Ghost to v5.82.3
A SystemError occurred.

Message: Ghost v5.82.3 is not compatible with this version of the CLI. Your CLI version is 1.25.3, but Ghost v5.82.3 requires ^1.26.0
Help: Run `npm install -g ghost-cli@latest` to upgrade the CLI, then try again.

Debug Information:
    OS: Ubuntu, v22.04.3 LTS
    Node Version: v18.19.0
    Ghost Version: 5.80.1
    Ghost-CLI Version: 1.25.3
    Environment: production
    Command: 'ghost update'

Try running ghost doctor to check your system for known issues.

You can always refer to https://ghost.org/docs/ghost-cli/ for troubleshooting.

I have tried updating ghost-cli multiple times with no change and not seeing anything from a log perspective…

secdoc@ubuntu2204-kvm-svr:/var/www/secdoc$ sudo npm install -g ghost-cli@latest

changed 599 packages in 9s

156 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

Running ghost doctor also provides no error:

secdoc@ubuntu2204-kvm-svr:/var/www/secdoc$ ghost doctor

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✔ Checking system Node.js version - found v18.19.0
✔ Checking logged in user
✔ Ensuring user is not logged in as ghost user
✔ Checking if logged in user is directory owner
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Checking system compatibility
✔ Checking for a MySQL installation
+ sudo systemctl is-active ghost_www-secdoc-tech
✔ Validating config
✔ Checking folder permissions
✔ Checking file permissions
✔ Checking content folder ownership
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking binary dependencies
✔ Checking free space
✔ Checking systemd unit file
✔ Checking systemd node version - found v18.19.0

Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated…

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I ran into a similar error and this led to me discovering I had two versions of the ghost-cli installed when I ran

whereis ghost

which revealed

/usr/bin/ghost /usr/local/bin/ghost

And I ended up fixing it by following the first two steps in this comment to get rid of the /usr/bin/ghost installation and update the ghost-cli, then exit and re-enter the session so the path picked up the corrected installation.

Edit: I actually had to also symlink the directory to the old path because otherwise I couldn’t get ghost to start. I’m not sure how to fully change it to the new path.

sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/ghost /usr/bin/ghost
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Thank you for the info…

For some reason, it did not want to update until I removed both directories and then do the install:

sudo npm install -g ghost-cli@latest

Then I had to do the symlink the other way…

sudo ln -s /usr/bin/ghost /usr/local/bin/ghost

Appreciate the assist…

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