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How can I upgrade Ghost with npm problem?

Posted January 22, 2017 2.3k views
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I followed the directions here to upgrade to the newest version of Ghost (0.11.4). When I got to run the command npm install --production, I get an error message that npm has unmet dependencies and that I am holding broken packages.
What can I do?
Thanks.

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jtittle1 January 23, 2017

@geraldardito

Have you tried running

npm cache clean \
&& rm -rf node_modules \
&& npm install --production

That’s what is suggested if you’re met with unexpected results. Warnings are not so much an issue, unless they result in the installation failing and/or your installation of Ghost ceasing to function.

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  • geraldardito January 23, 2017

    Thanks for this.
    When I tried the command && rm -rf node_modules \ I got an error -bash: syntax error near unexpected token `&&'

    Any ideas?

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  • geraldardito January 23, 2017

    Okay. I just realized what I did wrong. I posted your code as individual lines rather than as one piece.
    When I did the right thing, here’s what I got:

    npm ERR! install Couldn't read dependencies
npm ERR! Linux 3.13.0-86-generic
npm ERR! argv "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "--production"
npm ERR! node v4.7.2
npm ERR! npm  v2.15.11
npm ERR! path /home/gardito/package.json
npm ERR! code ENOPACKAGEJSON
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall open

npm ERR! package.json ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/gardito/package.json'
npm ERR! package.json This is most likely not a problem with npm itself.
npm ERR! package.json npm can't find a package.json file in your current directory.

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /home/gardito/npm-debug.log

    What’s next?

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    • jtittle1 January 23, 2017

      @geraldardito

      The error:

      npm ERR! package.json ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/gardito/package.json'
npm ERR! package.json This is most likely not a problem with npm itself.
npm ERR! package.json npm can't find a package.json file in your current directory.

      Is hinting at the fact that inside the directory you’re currently in, there’s not a package.json file. The rest of the output is simply confirming that it can’t read your dependencies from this file, thus the install fails.

      We can check if there is a valid packages.json file by running ls in the directory and seeing if one pops up. If one doesn’t you either need to add one or create one using:

      npm init

      and then run the install command again.

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