sudo: npm: command not found

Question

I\'m trying to upgrade to the latest version of node. I\'m following the instructions at http://davidwalsh.name/upgrade-nodejs

But when I do:

sudo np         


        

Answer 1

In order to install npm packages globally with sudo permission, /usr/bin/npm should be available. If npm exists on some other directory, create a soft link like:

sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/bin/npm

It works on Fedora 25, node8.0.0 and npm5.0.0

Answer 2

I resolved this problem by

apt-get install npm2deb

Answer 3

The npm file should be in /usr/local/bin/npm. If it's not there, install node.js again with the package on their website. This worked in my case.

Answer 4

Since I have installed node.js using .tar file available on node.js, I had to put the location of the node directory on:

~/.bashrc

of root by changing from normal user to root using command:

sudo -i

then I had to add the path to node where I extracted it into .bashrc file as below:

then refereshed .bashrc using

. ~/.bashrc

there after

npm: command not found

went away

Answer 5

I also had the same issue in Homestead and tried many ways. I tried with

sudo apt-get install nodejs

I get the following error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 npm : Depends: nodejs but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-abbrev (>= 1.0.4) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-ansi (>= 0.3.0-2) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-ansi-color-table but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-archy but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-block-stream but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-fstream (>= 0.1.22) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-fstream-ignore but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-github-url-from-git but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-glob (>= 3.1.21) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-graceful-fs (>= 2.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-inherits but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-ini (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-lockfile but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-lru-cache (>= 2.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-minimatch (>= 0.2.11) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-mkdirp (>= 0.3.3) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-gyp (>= 0.10.9) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-nopt (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-npmlog but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-once but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-osenv but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-read but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-read-package-json (>= 1.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-request (>= 2.25.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-retry but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-rimraf (>= 2.2.2) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-semver (>= 2.1.0) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-sha but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-slide but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-tar (>= 0.1.18) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-underscore but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: node-which but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Finally I tried with

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

It worked fine.

root@homestead:/usr/local/bin# npm -v
3.10.10

root@homestead:/usr/local/bin# node -v
v6.13.0

Answer 6

You can make symbolic link & its works for me.

1. find path of current npm

which npm

2. make symbolic link by following command

sudo ln -s which/npm /usr/local/bin/npm

3. Test and verify.

sudo npm -v