I'm using a Debian/Ubuntu based distribution (specifically, AWS Ubuntu 16.04) and trying to install NPM through apt-get.
My Angular 2 application needs a higher version than 3.9.x of NPM, but the default version which is getting installed is 3.5.2 using sudo apt-get install npm on AWS Ubuntu 16.04. I'm trying to update NPM, but it's not getting upgraded to 4.6.1 (latest) from 3.5.2.
How do I install/update NPM so that I've got the latest version?
Upgrade npm:
$ sudo npm install -g npm@latest
$ reboot
$ npm -v
Complete installation:
$ sudo apt install nodejs
$ sudo apt install npm
$ npm -v
npm version: 3.5.2
Then upgrade:
$ npm install -g npm@latest
$ reboot
$ npm -v
sudo npm install -g npm
Was what worked for me, I then needed the answer provided by @StefanBob
I've read this answer and it helped me on this issue:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036278/npm-is-incorrect-version-on-latest-ubuntu-18-04-installation
I hope it helps you aswell.
$ sudo apt-get install npm
(...apt installation of npm was successful...)
$ npm -v
3.5.2
$ command -v npm
/usr/bin/npm
$ sudo npm install -g npm
(...npm installation of npm was successful...so far, so good)
After that, just restart the bash or follow krubo's steps.
@Nyakwar Dayo's solution worked for me.
sudo npm cache clean -f sudo npm install -g n sudo n stable
But the nodejs package was installed at a different path and I manually deleted the old package (in /usr/bin/) and added a symlink to point to the new one (in /usr/local/bin).
sudo rm /usr/bin/node
sudo ln -s /usr/local/node /usr/bin/node
This is the initial printouts from running the commands. The npm version updates from 5.8.0 to 8.1.2. But the nodejs version stayed at 10.24.0 even after reboot with hash -r.
