How do I completely uninstall Node.js, and reinsta

Question

My version of node is always v0.6.1-pre even after I install brew node and NVM install v0.6.19.

My node version is:

node -v
v0.6.1-pre

NVM says this (after I install a version of node for the first time in one bash terminal):

nvm ls
v0.6.19
current:    v0.6.19

But when I restart bash, this is what I see:

nvm ls
v0.6.19
current:    v0.6.1-pre
default -> 0.6.19 (-> v0.6.19)

So where is this phantom node 0.6.1-pre version and how can I get rid of it? I'm trying to install libraries via NPM so that I can work on a project.

I tried using BREW to update before NVM, using "brew update" and "brew install node". I've tried deleting the "node" directory in my /usr/local/include and the "node" and "node_modules" in my "/usr/local/lib". I've tried uninstalling npm and reinstalling it following these instructions.

All of this because I was trying to update an older version of node to install the "zipstream" library. Now there's folders in my users directory, and the node version STILL isn't up to date, even though NVM says it's using 0.6.19.

Ideally, I'd like to uninstall nodejs, npm, and nvm, and just reinstall the entire thing from scratch on my system.

Answer 1

First of all, you need to deactivate node: (mac) after install new node version.

nvm deactivate

This is removed /Users/user_name/.nvm/*/bin from $PATH

And after that node was updated

node --version
v10.9.0

Answer 2

maybe you need to make

hash -r 

it helps with problem of symlink

$ node -v
$ bash: /opt/local/bin/node: No such file or directory

Answer 3

1. First:

   lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom | while read f; do  sudo rm /usr/local/${f}; done
   
   sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*
   

2. To recap, the best way (I've found) to completely uninstall node + npm is to do the following:

   go to /usr/local/lib and delete any node and node_modules

   cd /usr/local/lib
   
   sudo rm -rf node*
   

3. go to /usr/local/include and delete any node and node_modules directory

   cd /usr/local/include
   
   sudo rm -rf node*
   

4. if you installed with brew install node, then run brew uninstall node in your terminal

   brew uninstall node
   

5. check your Home directory for any "local" or "lib" or "include" folders, and delete any "node" or "node_modules" from there

   go to /usr/local/bin and delete any node executable

   cd /usr/local/bin
   
   sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm
   
   ls -las
   

6. You may need to do the additional instructions as well:

   sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man1/node.1
   
   sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d
   
   sudo rm -rf ~/.npm
   

Source: tonyMtz

Answer 4

(server: ubuntu 14)

1.) install nvm (node version manager) https://github.com/creationix/nvm

2.) nvm install node

3.) npm -v (inquire npm version => 3.8.6)

4.) node -v (inquire node version => v6.0.0)

Answer 5

I'm not sure if it's because I had an old version (4.4.5), or if it's because I used the official installer, but most of the files referenced in other answers didn't exist on my system. I only had to remove the following:

~/.node-gyp
~/.node_repl_history
/usr/local/bin/node
/usr/local/bin/npm
/usr/local/include/node
/usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d
/usr/local/lib/node_modules
/usr/local/share/doc/node
/usr/local/share/man/man1/node.1
/usr/local/share/systemtap/tapset/node.stp

I decided to keep ~/.npm because I was planning on reinstalling Node with Homebrew.

Answer 6

I had installed Node.js from source downloaded from the git repository. I installed with:

./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

Because the make file supports it, I can do:

$ sudo make uninstall