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NPM wont work because of my wrong node version

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The error is:

Error: npm doesn't work with node v0.5.11-pre
Required: node@>=0.6

But I'v just updated my node. That is confusing.

I'v made some digging and it seems that I've installed node two times

node version is v0.5.11-pre (node -v)

and

my nodejs version is v0.10.5 (nodejs -v)

When I check the usr/bin there is a link named 'node' and there is a application named 'nodejs'. The link points to /etc/alternatives/node link and this link points back to usr/bin/nodejs application.

I 'whereis' to the nodejs and node. These are output:

whereis node: 

/usr/bin/node /usr/bin/X11/node /usr/local/bin/node /usr/local/lib/node /usr/share/man/man1/node.1.gz



whereis nodejs:



/usr/bin/nodejs /usr/lib/nodejs /usr/bin/X11/nodejs /usr/include/nodejs /usr/share/nodejs /usr/share/man/man1/nodejs.1.gz

EDIT1:

I've also tried
apt-get remove node
and
apt-get remove nodejs

Intrestingly when I tried node command it still works.

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answered 2 Years ago throecember · Accepted Answer

Changing update-alternatives like the following might help:

$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/node nodejs /usr/bin/nodejs 100



$ node -v

v0.10.7

Maybe delete all alternatives to node before:

$ sudo update-alternatives --remove-all nodejs