Error - Working directory is not a recognisable Ghost installation.

[abhilashfyi]

I get this error after going through the steps mentioned.
Do I need to install Ghost via ghost-CLI at this location?

I'm new to this and would appreciate your help, thanks!

[INFO] Starting Ghost server...
Working directory is not a recognisable Ghost installation.
Run ghost start again within a folder where Ghost was installed with Ghost-CLI.
cp: directory /Users/abhilashjain/.ghost//current does not exist
cp: directory /Users/abhilashjain/.ghost//current does not exist
cp: /Users/abhilashjain/.ghost//current/.gitignore: No such file or directory

[surajk95]

Same issue

[DanHakimi]

I've had the same issue and I do have a ghost install.

[anvarjamalsaifi]

Looks like I got a solution. I was getting this same error when was trying to update Ghost or using some commands. I think what's happening is we're not able to get inside the Ghost directory. So in order to do that I first got into the Ghost manager by using sudo -i -u ghost-mgr and then got into the right directory by using cd /var/www/ghost/ and then used Ghost commands. Worked for me.

[jofftiquez]

Looks like I got a solution. I was getting this same error when was trying to update Ghost or using some commands. I think what's happening is we're not able to get inside the Ghost directory. So in order to do that I first got into the Ghost manager by using sudo -i -u ghost-mgr and then got into the right directory by using cd /var/www/ghost/ and then used Ghost commands. Worked for me.

Very helpful. Thanks.

[iamjaeeuncho]

Looks like I got a solution. I was getting this same error when was trying to update Ghost or using some commands. I think what's happening is we're not able to get inside the Ghost directory. So in order to do that I first got into the Ghost manager by using sudo -i -u ghost-mgr and then got into the right directory by using cd /var/www/ghost/ and then used Ghost commands. Worked for me.

it works! thanks ;)

[anvarjamalsaifi]

You're welcome. I'm glad it's working for us haha!

[zhravan]

This didnt work in MAC m1.

[khaoniaomamuang]

Use NodeJS version 18 (Hydrogen). This solves it for me.

[danielrosehill]

A bit late to this thread but still facing this output even after updating to latest node-js

[anvarjamalsaifi]

This didnt work in MAC m1.

Sorry for the late reply. But I think it should work on any machine . ?

[jansvanda]

Same problem here