How do I completely uninstall Node.js, and reinstall from beginning (Mac OS X)
Apparently, there was a /Users/myusername/local
folder that contained a include
with node
and lib
with node
and node_modules
. How and why this was created instead of in my /usr/local
folder, I do not know.
Deleting these local references fixed the phantom v0.6.1-pre. If anyone has an explanation, I'll choose that as the correct answer.
EDIT:
You may need to do the additional instructions as well:
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/{lib/node{,/.npm,_modules},bin,share/man}/{npm*,node*,man1/node*}
which is the equivalent of (same as above)...
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d ~/.npm ~/.node-gyp
or (same as above) broken down...
To completely uninstall node + npm is to do the following:
- go to /usr/local/lib and delete any node and node_modules
- go to /usr/local/include and delete any node and node_modules directory
- if you installed with brew install node, then run brew uninstall node in your terminal
- 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
You may also need to do:
sudo rm -rf /opt/local/bin/node /opt/local/include/node /opt/local/lib/node_modulessudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/share/man/man1/node.1 /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d
Additionally, NVM modifies the PATH variable in $HOME/.bashrc
, which must be reverted manually.
Then download nvm and follow the instructions to install node. The latest versions of node come with npm, I believe, but you can also reinstall that as well.
For brew users, OSX:
To remove:
brew uninstall node; # or `brew uninstall --force node` which removes all versionsbrew cleanup;rm -f /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d;rm -rf ~/.npm;
To install:
brew install node;which node # => /usr/local/bin/nodeexport NODE_PATH='/usr/local/lib/node_modules' # <--- add this ~/.bashrc
You can run brew info node
for more details regarding your node installs.
consider using NVM instead of brew
NVM (node version manager) is a portable solution for managing multiple versions of node
https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
> nvm uninstall v4.1.0> nvm install v8.1.2> nvm use v8.1.2> nvm list v4.2.0 v5.8.0 v6.11.0-> v8.1.2 system
you can use this with AVN to automatically switch versions as you hop between different projects with different node dependencies.
I know this post is a little dated but just wanted to share the commands that worked for me in Terminal when removing Node.js.
lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom | while read f; do sudo rm /usr/local/${f}; done sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*
UPDATE: 23 SEP 2016
If you're afraid of running these commands...
Thanks to jguix for this quick tutorial.
First, create an intermediate file:
lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.node.pkg.bom >> ~/filelist.txt
Manually review your file (located in your Home
folder)
~/filelist.txt
Then delete the files:
cat ~/filelist.txt | while read f; do sudo rm /usr/local/${f}; donesudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*
For 10.10.5 and above
Thanks Lenar Hoyt
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lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.node.pkg.bom | while read f; do sudo rm /usr/local/${f}; donesudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*