Node & Npm
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What is npm?
NPM is a package manager for the JavaScript programming language maintained by npm, Inc. npm is the default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js. It consists of a command line client, also called npm, and an online database of public and paid-for private packages, called the npm registry.
Install and uninstall NodeJS
- Download the package from: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
- To uninstall node & npm, run below commands:
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm,_modules},bin,share/man}/npm*
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d ~/.npm ~/.node-gyp
Npm update
sudo npm cache clean -f
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n 4.4.5
sudo npm install npm -g
# update npm
Node-gyp
sudo node-gyp configure
sudo node-gyp rebuild
sudo npm install -g node-gyp
sudo npm uninstall node-gyp -g
sudo npm uninstall node-gyp
Collapsify
sudo npm install -g collapsify
Express
npm install express --save
Yarn
npm install --global yarn