Node js trouble intallation after removing nodejs, to update to latest stable version

Question

I was using the old version of nodejs. Then i removed the old version using "rm rf- " command, but it was still showing the version when i run the "node -v " command, so i searched and deleted some more files. Now when i try to install:- it does not install and show the following message:-

sudo apt-get install npm Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done npm is already the newest version (3.5.2-0ubuntu4). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 70 not upgraded.

Answer 1

the best way to figure this out is use: whereis node this will help you pinpoint where the current package is. navigate there and make sure the package is not a symlink (because if it is, apt-get might not work for you)

also, as far as I remember there was something called nodejs-legacy so make sure you don't have this installed, too.

Once all is uninstalled I highly suggest using node version manager: https://github.com/creationix/nvm (helpful hint: read readme and installer output VERY carefully to avoid installation issues)

I suggest using nvm, because ubuntu repository doesn't keep node version up to date, and it's way easier to switch between them if your project happens to use older release as a dependency.