How do I uninstall a package installed using npm link?

Question

When installing a node package using sudo npm link in the package\'s directory, how can I uninstall the package once I\'m done with development?

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Answer 1

npm link pain:

-Module name gulp-task

-Project name project-x

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You want to link gulp-task:

1: Go to the gulp-task directory then do npm link this will symlink the project to your global modules

2: Go to your project project-x then do npm install make sure to remove the current node_modules directory

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Now you want to remove this madness and use the real gulp-task, we have two options:

Option 1: Unlink via npm:

1: Go to your project and do npm unlink gulp-task this will remove the linked installed module

2: Go to the gulp-task directory and do npm unlink to remove symlink. Notice we didn't use the name of the module

3: celebrate

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What if this didn't work, verify by locating your global installed module. My are location ls -la /usr/local/lib/node_modules/ if you are using nvm it will be a different path

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Option 2: Remove the symlink like a normal linux guru

1: locate your global dependencies cd /usr/local/lib/node_modules/

2: removing symlink is simply using the rm command

rm gulp-task make sure you don't have / at the end

rm gulp-task/ is wrong