Ghost-CLI: Ghost-CLI 1.5.2 fails in a loop

A case exists on the problem see #9511. Since it’s closed, I was told to open another one, which I am doing here.

Issue Summary

When proceeding with the standard “ghostuser” account and use “sudo”, on a Debian Stretch Linux (9.4), with NodeJS v8.10.0 installed, I try to install Ghost-CLI v1.5.2, it starts and runs in a loop.

Here are the details below:

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a New User

adduser ghostuser
cat /etc/passwd
ghostuser:x:1002:1002:Ghost User,,,:/home/ghostuser:/bin/bash

1. Super User Privileges

usermod -aG sudo ghostuser

1. Installation NodeJS v8.10.0 and NPM

ghostuser@host:~$ sudo apt install apt-transport-https
ghostuser@host:~$ curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash -
ghostuser@host:~$ sudo apt install -y nodejs
ghostuser@host:~$ sudo apt install -y build-essential

1. Check NodeJS and NPM versions

ghostuser@host:~$ node -v && npm -v
v8.10.0
5.6.0

1. Installation Ghost-CLI v1.5.2 (for now the lasted)

ghostuser@host:~$ sudo npm i -g ghost-cli@latest
npm WARN deprecated yarn@1.3.2: It is recommended to install Yarn using the native installation method for your environment. See https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install
npm WARN deprecated fs-promise@0.5.0: Use mz or fs-extra^3.0 with Promise Support 
gyp WARN EACCES user "root" does not have permission to access the dev dir "/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/dtrace-provider/.node-gyp/8.10.0"
gyp WARN EACCES attempting to reinstall using temporary dev dir "/usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/node_modules/dtrace-provider/.node-gyp"
...

Sorry but same issue with ‘sudo’ and need a break ‘Ctrl+C’ to exit this loop.

BUT, really curious, if repeat install Ghost-CLI, this upgrade and done :

ghostuser@host:~$ sudo npm i -g ghost-cli@latest                                                             
[sudo] Mot de passe de ghostuser : 
npm WARN deprecated yarn@1.3.2: It is recommended to install Yarn using the native installation method for your environment. See https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install
npm WARN deprecated fs-promise@0.5.0: Use mz or fs-extra^3.0 with Promise Support                            
/usr/bin/ghost -> /usr/lib/node_modules/ghost-cli/bin/ghost                                                  
+ ghost-cli@1.5.2
updated 1 package in 7.703s

Check :

ghostuser@host:~$ ghost version                                                                              
Ghost-CLI version: 1.5.2

I repeated the same test twice and it reproduces the same problem well: first install failed in loop, break this with Ctrl+C and try second install, this indicate rollback then upgrade and done.