ERROR: Javascript files have not been built.

Trying to set up a new ghost blog on a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04 I get the following output when running npm start --production:

> ghost@0.5.3 start /opt/fupt
> node index


ERROR: Javascript files have not been built.

Please read the getting started instructions at:
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost#getting-started-guide-for-developers
 Error: Javascript files have not been built.
    at /opt/fupt/core/server/index.js:83:31
    at Object.cb [as oncomplete] (fs.js:168:19)

Before running that I ran npm install --production and got the following output:

npm WARN engine html-to-text@0.1.0: wanted: {"node":"~0.8.0"} (current: {"node":"0.10.33","npm":"1.4.28"})
npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-2.0.0.tgz
npm ERR! registry error parsing json
npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.5.0.tgz
npm ERR! fetch failed https://registry.npmjs.org/liftoff/-/liftoff-0.11.3.tgz
npm WARN deprecated set-immediate@0.1.1: Use `setimmediate` instead

> sqlite3@2.2.7 install /opt/fupt/node_modules/sqlite3
> node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build

[sqlite3] Success: "/opt/fupt/node_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/node-v11-linux-x64/node_sqlite3.node" is installed via remote
connect-slashes@1.2.0 node_modules/connect-slashes

colors@0.6.2 node_modules/colors

xml@0.0.12 node_modules/xml

node-uuid@1.4.1 node_modules/node-uuid

validator@3.4.0 node_modules/validator

passport-http-bearer@1.0.1 node_modules/passport-http-bearer
└── passport-strategy@1.0.0

showdown@0.3.2-ghost node_modules/showdown

passport@0.2.0 node_modules/passport
├── pause@0.0.1
└── passport-strategy@1.0.0

semver@2.2.1 node_modules/semver

bcryptjs@0.7.10 node_modules/bcryptjs

morgan@1.3.1 node_modules/morgan
├── basic-auth@1.0.0
├── depd@0.4.5
└── on-finished@2.1.0 (ee-first@1.0.5)

fs-extra@0.8.1 node_modules/fs-extra
├── jsonfile@1.1.1
├── rimraf@2.2.8
├── ncp@0.4.2
└── mkdirp@0.3.5

passport-oauth2-client-password@0.1.1 node_modules/passport-oauth2-client-password
├── pkginfo@0.2.3
└── passport@0.1.18 (pause@0.0.1)

oauth2orize@1.0.1 node_modules/oauth2orize
├── uid2@0.0.3
├── utils-merge@1.0.0
└── debug@0.7.4

downsize@0.0.5 node_modules/downsize
└── xregexp@2.0.0

rss@0.2.1 node_modules/rss
└── mime@1.2.11

body-parser@1.8.2 node_modules/body-parser
├── bytes@1.0.0
├── media-typer@0.3.0
├── raw-body@1.3.0
├── qs@2.2.3
├── depd@0.4.5
├── on-finished@2.1.0 (ee-first@1.0.5)
├── type-is@1.5.2 (mime-types@2.0.2)
└── iconv-lite@0.4.4

bluebird@2.3.0 node_modules/bluebird

html-to-text@0.1.0 node_modules/html-to-text
├── underscore@1.7.0
├── htmlparser@1.7.7
├── optimist@0.6.1 (wordwrap@0.0.2, minimist@0.0.10)
└── underscore.string@2.3.3

lodash@2.4.1 node_modules/lodash

unidecode@0.1.3 node_modules/unidecode

busboy@0.2.8 node_modules/busboy
├── readable-stream@1.1.13 (isarray@0.0.1, inherits@2.0.1, string_decoder@0.10.31, core-util-is@1.0.1)
└── dicer@0.2.3 (streamsearch@0.1.2)

bookshelf@0.7.6 node_modules/bookshelf
├── inherits@2.0.1
├── trigger-then@0.3.0
├── simple-extend@0.1.0
├── create-error@0.3.1
├── inflection@1.3.8
├── semver@2.3.2
├── backbone@1.1.0 (underscore@1.7.0)
└── bluebird@2.0.7

express@4.9.2 node_modules/express
├── utils-merge@1.0.0
├── merge-descriptors@0.0.2
├── fresh@0.2.4
├── cookie@0.1.2
├── escape-html@1.0.1
├── range-parser@1.0.2
├── cookie-signature@1.0.5
├── vary@1.0.0
├── media-typer@0.3.0
├── finalhandler@0.2.0
├── methods@1.1.0
├── parseurl@1.3.0
├── path-to-regexp@0.1.3
├── depd@0.4.5
├── qs@2.2.3
├── on-finished@2.1.1 (ee-first@1.1.0)
├── etag@1.3.1 (crc@3.0.0)
├── proxy-addr@1.0.1 (ipaddr.js@0.1.2)
├── debug@2.0.0 (ms@0.6.2)
├── send@0.9.2 (destroy@1.0.3, ms@0.6.2, on-finished@2.1.0, mime@1.2.11)
├── type-is@1.5.2 (mime-types@2.0.2)
├── serve-static@1.6.4 (send@0.9.3)
└── accepts@1.1.2 (negotiator@0.4.9, mime-types@2.0.2)

moment@2.4.0 node_modules/moment

compression@1.1.0 node_modules/compression
├── bytes@1.0.0
├── on-headers@1.0.0
├── vary@1.0.0
├── debug@2.0.0 (ms@0.6.2)
├── compressible@2.0.1 (mime-db@1.1.2)
└── accepts@1.1.2 (negotiator@0.4.9, mime-types@2.0.2)

express-hbs@0.7.11 node_modules/express-hbs
├── readdirp@0.3.3 (graceful-fs@2.0.3, minimatch@0.2.14)
├── js-beautify@1.4.2 (mkdirp@0.3.5, nopt@2.1.2, config-chain@1.1.8)
└── handlebars@2.0.0 (optimist@0.3.7, uglify-js@2.3.6)

cheerio@0.17.0 node_modules/cheerio
├── entities@1.1.1
├── dom-serializer@0.0.1 (domelementtype@1.1.3)
├── htmlparser2@3.7.3 (domelementtype@1.1.3, domutils@1.5.0, entities@1.0.0, domhandler@2.2.1, readable-stream@1.1.13)
└── CSSselect@0.4.1 (domutils@1.4.3, CSSwhat@0.4.7)

nodemailer@0.7.1 node_modules/nodemailer
├── public-address@0.1.1
├── directmail@0.1.8
├── he@0.3.6
├── readable-stream@1.1.13 (isarray@0.0.1, inherits@2.0.1, string_decoder@0.10.31, core-util-is@1.0.1)
├── simplesmtp@0.3.33 (xoauth2@0.1.8, rai@0.1.11)
├── mailcomposer@0.2.12 (mime@1.2.11, follow-redirects@0.0.3, dkim-signer@0.1.2, mimelib@0.2.18)
└── aws-sdk@2.0.5 (xmlbuilder@0.4.2, xml2js@0.2.6, aws-sdk-apis@3.1.10)

mysql@2.1.1 node_modules/mysql
├── require-all@0.0.3
├── readable-stream@1.1.13 (isarray@0.0.1, inherits@2.0.1, string_decoder@0.10.31, core-util-is@1.0.1)
└── bignumber.js@1.0.1

sqlite3@2.2.7 node_modules/sqlite3
├── set-immediate@0.1.1
└── nan@1.1.2

knex@0.6.21 node_modules/knex
├── tildify@0.2.0
├── inherits@2.0.1
├── interpret@0.3.7
├── commander@2.5.0
├── generic-pool-redux@0.1.0
├── minimist@0.0.10
├── chalk@0.4.0 (has-color@0.1.7, ansi-styles@1.0.0, strip-ansi@0.1.1)
├── semver@2.3.2
├── readable-stream@1.1.13 (isarray@0.0.1, string_decoder@0.10.31, core-util-is@1.0.1)
├── mkdirp@0.5.0 (minimist@0.0.8)
├── bluebird@1.2.4
└── liftoff@0.11.3 (extend@1.2.1, minimist@0.1.0, resolve@0.7.4, findup-sync@0.1.3)

Do I need to downgrade Node and NPM? I have installed Node from ppa:chris-lea/node.js

[ErisDS]

The original issue here is a common mistake people encounter when trying to build Ghost. In order to build the files for development mode you need to run grunt init. If you want to also build the files for production mode, you must also run grunt prod after running grunt init.

However, the more recent comments relate to a regression, which has happened since the last release. I have raised that as a separate issue here: #5695

[ghost]

I debug command node start --production. Check function file core/server/index.index line 104, add code console.log(location + fileName); and try again run node start --producction, i see log

/Users/giangnguyen/Public/ghost/core/built/assets/ghost.min.js /Users/giangnguyen/Public/ghost/core/built/assets/vendor.min.js /Users/giangnguyen/Public/ghost/core/built/assets/ghost.min.css /Users/giangnguyen/Public/ghost/core/built/assets/vendor.min.css```

notied file

ghost.min.css, i does’t exit when you run grunt prod, it out put ghost.css, when you run grunt prod and rename ghost.css to ghost.min.css, it works for me.