# 2014-04-08  Setup Ghost blog system on Ubuntu

## Installation

Make sure you have install all required package

```
sudo apt-get install npm nodejs
```

Goto <https://ghost.org/download/> , download the latest zip file

```
$ wget https://ghost.org/zip/ghost-0.4.2.zip
$ unzip ../ghost-0.4.2.zip -d ghost
$ cd ghost
$ npm install --production
...
$ npm start

> ghost@0.4.2 start /home/simon/downloads/ghost
> node index

Ghost is running in development...
Listening on 127.0.0.1:2368
Url configured as: http://my-ghost-blog.com
Ctrl+C to shut down
```

Now you can browse your own Ghost blog at <http://127.0.0.1:2368>

> It's very possible that you got the below error when you run
>
> ```
> npm install --production
> ```
>
> sqlite3\@2.2.0 install /home/simon/downloads/ghost/node\_modules/sqlite3 node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

```
/usr/bin/env: node: No such file or directory
npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary "node"
npm WARN For further explanations, please read
/usr/share/doc/nodejs/README.Debian                                                                              

npm ERR! sqlite3@2.2.0 install: `node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build`
npm ERR! `sh "-c" "node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build"` failed with 127
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the sqlite3@2.2.0 install script.
npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the sqlite3 package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build
npm ERR! You can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls sqlite3
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-13-generic
npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--production"
npm ERR! cwd /home/simon/downloads/ghost
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.15
npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.18
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/simon/downloads/ghost/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
```

This error is caused by the wrong

```
node
```

command symblic link in your system. To fix this, run the following command, then run

```
npm install --production
```

again.

```
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node node /usr/bin/nodejs 10
```

It should work now.

## Configuration

After start the Ghost successfully, you need to go to administration page to configure your Blog or write a new post.

First, go to

```
http://127.0.0.1:2368/ghost/
```

. It will redirect to sign up page.

Then, type your inforamtion and 'Sign Up', you will be redirect to the administration page.


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