npm command not working on ubuntu

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I installed node and npm on Ubuntu 14.04 and when I try to use any npm command, I get the following error:

/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/config/cmd-list.js:113
module.exports.aliases = Object.assign({}, shorthands, affordances)
                            ^
TypeError: Object function Object() { [native code] } has no method 'assign'
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/config/cmd-list.js:113:33)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
at require (module.js:380:17)
at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:37:17
at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:471:3)
at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)

I'm new to using node and I didn't find any solution to such an error online

npm npm-install node.js
4 Answers

This worked for me on Ubuntu 18.04:

sudo apt install nodejs
sudo apt install npm
user_16786140

npm might be older version,

so remove nodejs,

sudo apt-get remove nodejs
sudo apt-get remove npm

then,

sudo apt-get install curl #if you dont have curl

Node.js v6:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Node.js v7:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_7.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Node.js 8:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

for more info, package manager

user_44537370

Hi, You can try this one also. This worked for me :)

#optional

sudo apt-get update

#install curl (optional)

sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev curl

#install curl node package

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo -E bash -

#Install node

sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

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