wrong error message when updating node with nvm

[aloxe]

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Steps to Reproduce

Test was done on Debian with normal user on /var/www/ghost/ folder

1. 2. run ghost install on a system with node 20 or under
2. get the error message that node version is too old
3. update node with nvm use 22
4. observe

Log file

✖ Checking system Node.js version - found v22.21.1
✔ Checking current folder permissions
✔ Checking memory availability
✔ Checking free space
One or more errors occurred.

1.SystemError
Message: The directory /home/user/ is not readable by other users on the system.
This can cause issues with the CLI, you must either make this directory readable by others or install node and Ghost-CLI in another location.

Technical details

This is possible that the cli needs to access /home/user/ because of nvm but I can't figure out why.

In any case the feedback error message is confusing because it still states that the node version is too old.

• OS: Ubuntu Linux 24.04.3
• Node Version: v16.20.2 then v22.21.0
• Ghost-CLI Version: @latest supposedly 1.28.3
• Environment:
• Command: ghost install

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