Installing Ghost on Arch Linux

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Ghost, a popular open-source blogging platform, on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, please ensure that you have the following installed on your system:

  • Node.js (version 10 or higher)
  • NPM (version 6 or higher)

If you do not have these already installed, you can install them using the following commands:

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm

This should install both Node.js and NPM on your system.

Installing Ghost

We will now proceed with the installation of Ghost. To do so, follow the given steps:

Step 1: Download Ghost

First, you need to download the latest version of Ghost from the official website. You can download the latest stable release using the following command:

wget https://ghost.org/zip/ghost-latest.zip

This should download the latest version of Ghost as a zip file to your system.

Step 2: Extract the Files

Once the download is complete, extract the zip file to a directory of your choice. You can do this using the following command:

unzip ghost-latest.zip -d ghost

This should extract all the files to the ‘ghost’ folder.

Step 3: Install Ghost-CLI

Ghost can be managed using a CLI tool called Ghost-CLI. To install Ghost-CLI, execute the following command:

npm install -g ghost-cli

This should install Ghost-CLI on your system.

Step 4: Install Ghost

We will now install Ghost using Ghost-CLI. To do so, navigate to the ‘ghost’ folder and execute the following command:

ghost install

Ghost-CLI will guide you through the installation process. If everything goes well, you should see a message stating that Ghost has been installed.

Step 5: Start Ghost

Once Ghost is installed, you can start it using the following command:

ghost start

This should start Ghost on your system. You can then access the Ghost site by visiting ‘http://localhost:2368’ in your browser.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Ghost on Arch Linux. You can now begin customizing your blog and making it your own. Thank you for reading this tutorial.