When i try to install npm with sudo apt-get install npm
, i get following error:
E: Unable to locate package npm
Why can't apt find npm? Im using Debian 9 and already sudo apt-get install nodejs
.
When i try to install npm with sudo apt-get install npm
, i get following error:
E: Unable to locate package npm
Why can't apt find npm? Im using Debian 9 and already sudo apt-get install nodejs
.
From the official Node.js documentation:
A Node.js package is also available in the official repo for Debian Sid (unstable), Jessie (testing) and Wheezy (wheezy-backports) as "nodejs". It only installs a nodejs binary.
So, if you only type sudo apt-get install nodejs
, it does not install other goodies such as npm.
You need to type:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Optional: install build tools
To compile and install native addons from npm you may also need to install build tools:
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
More info: Docs
I ran into the same issue on Debian 9.2, this is what I did to overcome it.
Installation
sudo apt install curl
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo apt-get install -y npm
Check installed versions
node --version
npm --version
Originally sourced from "How to install Node.js LTS on Debian 9 stretch" http://linuxbsdos.com/2017/06/26/how-to-install-node-js-lts-on-debian-9-stretch/
Your system can't find npm package because you haven't add nodejs repository to your system..
Try follow this installation step:
Add nodejs PPA repository to our system and python software properties too
sudo apt-get install curl python-software-properties
// sudo apt-get install curl software-properties-common
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get update
Then install npm
sudo apt-get install nodejs
Check if npm and node was installed and you're ready to use node.js
node -v
npm -v
If someone was failed to install nodejs.. Try remove the npm first, maybe the old installation was broken..
sudo apt-get remove nodejs
sudo apt-get remove npm
Check if npm or node folder still exist, delete it if you found them
which node
which npm
This will resolve your error. run these command in your terminal. these commands will add the older versions. you can update them later or can change version here too before running these commands one by on.
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential $ wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.8.16/node-v0.8.16.tar.gz $ tar -xzf node-v0.8.16.tar.gz $ cd node-v0.8.16/ $ ./configure $ make $ sudo make install
Encountered this in Ubuntu for Windows, try running first
sudo apt-get update
then
sudo apt-get install npm
Download the the repository key with:
curl -s https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | apt-key add -
Then setup the repository:
$ sudo sh -c "echo deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x cosmic main \
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list" $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install nodejs
If you have installed nodejs, then you also have npm. Npm comes with node.