Cannot install packages using node package manager in Ubuntu

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NodeJS interpreter name node  on Ubuntu has been renamed to nodejs because of a name conflict with another package  Here s what the readme  Debian says      The upstream name for the Node js interpreter command is  node       In Debian the interpreter command has been changed to  nodejs        This was done to prevent a namespace collision  other commands use     the same name in their upstream  such as ax25-node from the  node      package       Scripts calling Node js as a shell command must be changed to instead     use the  nodejs  command    However  using nodejs mucks up installing packages using npm  Package installation fails with the following error    sh  1  node  not found npm WARN This failure might be due to the use of legacy binary  node  npm WARN For further explanations  please read  usr share doc nodejs README Debian    How do I make npm understand that nodejs is already installed on the system but the interpreter name is different

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sudo apt-get --purge remove node sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs-legacy sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs  sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy source    profile   Combined the accepted answer with source    profile from the comment that has been folded and some clean up commands before  Most likely you will also need to sudo apt-get install npm after

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Here s another approach I use since I like n for easy switching between node versions   On a new Ubuntu system  first install the  system  node   curl -sL https   deb nodesource com setup   sudo bash -   Then install n module globally   npm install -g n   Since the system node was installed first  above   the alternatives system can be used to cleanly point to the node provided by n  First make sure the alternatives system has nothing for node   update-alternatives --remove-all node   Then add the node provided by n   update-alternatives --install  usr bin node node  usr local bin node 1   Next add node provided by the system  the one that was installed with curl    update-alternatives --install  usr bin node node  usr bin nodejs 2   Now select the node provided by n using the interactive menu  select  usr local bin node from the menu presented by the following command    update-alternatives --config node   Finally  since  usr local bin usually has a higher precedence in PATH than  usr bin  the following alias must be created  enter in your  bashrc or  zshrc  if the alternatives system node is to be effective  otherwise the node installed with n in  usr local bin takes always precedence   alias node   usr bin node    Now you can easily switch between node versions with n  lt desired node version number gt

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You can also install Nodejs using NVM or Nodejs Version Manager There are a lot of benefits to using a version manager  One of them being you don t have to worry about this issue      Instructions     sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev   Once the prerequisite packages are installed  you can pull down the nvm installation script from the project s GitHub page  The version number may be different  but in general  you can download and install it with the following syntax   curl https   raw githubusercontent com creationix nvm v0 16 1 install sh   sh   This will download the script and run it  It will install the software into a subdirectory of your home directory at    nvm  It will also add the necessary lines to your    profile file to use the file   To gain access to the nvm functionality  you ll need to log out and log back in again  or you can source the    profile file so that your current session knows about the changes   source    profile   Now that you have nvm installed  you can install isolated Node js versions   To find out the versions of Node js that are available for installation  you can type   nvm ls-remote        v0 11 10 v0 11 11 v0 11 12 v0 11 13 v0 11 14   As you can see  the newest version at the time of this writing is v0 11 14  You can install that by typing   nvm install 0 11 14   Usually  nvm will switch to use the most recently installed version  You can explicitly tell nvm to use the version we just downloaded by typing   nvm use 0 11 14   When you install Node js using nvm  the executable is called node  You can see the version currently being used by the shell by typing   node -v   The comeplete tutorial can be found here

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On Linux Mint 17  I tried both solutions  creating a symlink or using the nodejs-legacy package  without success    The only thing  that finally worked for me was using the ppa from Chris Lea    sudo apt-get purge node-  sudo apt-get autoremove  sudo add-apt-repository ppa chris-lea node js sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nodejs   This installed node version 10 37 and npm 1 4 28  After that  I could install packages globally

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As other folks already mention  I will suggest not to use  sudo apt-get  to install node or any development library  You can download required version from https   nodejs org dist v6 9 2  and setup you own environment   I will recommend tools like nvm and n  to manage you node version  It is very convenient to switch and work with these modules   https   github com creationix nvm https   github com tj n  Or write basic bash to download zip tar  extract move folder and create a soft link  Whenever you need to update  just point the old soft link to new downloaded version  Like I have created for my own  you can refer  https   github com deepakshrma NodeJs-4 0-Reference-Guide blob master nodejs-installer sh   Go to home cd    run command  New Script wget https   raw githubusercontent com deepakshrma NodeJs-4 0-Reference-Guide master nodejs-installer sh  bash nodejs-installer sh -v lts  here -v or --version can be sepecific to 0 10 37 or it could be latest lts   Examples bash nodejs-installer sh -v lts bash nodejs-installer sh -v latest bash nodejs-installer sh -v 4 4 2

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Try linking node to nodejs  First find out where nodejs is  whereis nodejs   Then soft link node to nodejs  ln -s  the path of nodejs   usr bin node    I am assuming  usr bin is in your execution path  Then you can test by typing node or npm into your command line  and everything should work now

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Install nvm first using   curl https   raw githubusercontent com creationix nvm v0 11 1 install sh   bash  Run command   source    profile  Now run this and this will show will all installed or other versions of packages   nvm ls-remote  Installed packages will be in green  Install whatever version you want   nvm install 6 0 0  Check where is not installed   which node  Check current version   node -v  n   which node   n   n  bin node    chmod -R 755  n bin     sudo cp -r  n  bin lib share   usr local

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for me problem was solved by   sudo apt-get remove node sudo apt-get remove nodejs curl -sL https   deb nodesource com setup 8 x   sudo -E bash - sudo apt-get install -y nodejs sudo ln -s  usr bin nodejs  usr bin node alias node nodejs rm -r  usr local lib python2 7 dist-packages localstack node modules npm install -g npm latest    sudo npm install -g npm latest

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Simple solution from here  curl -sL https   deb nodesource com setup 7 x   sudo -E bash -- sudo apt-get install nodejs   You can specify version by changing setup x x value  for example to setup 5 x

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Problem is not in installer replace nodejs with node or change the path from  usr bin nodejs to  usr bin node

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I fixed it unlinking  usr sbin node  which is linked to ax25-node package   then I have create a link to nodejs using this on command line  sudo ln -s  usr bin nodejs  usr bin node   Because package such as karma doesn t work with nodejs name  however changing the first line of karma script from node to nodejs  but I prefer resolve this issue once and for all

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you can create a link ln -s nodejs node in  usr bin hope this solves your problem

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Uninstall whatever node version you have  sudo apt-get --purge remove node sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs-legacy sudo apt-get --purge remove nodejs   install nvm  Node Version Manager  https   github com creationix nvm  wget -qO- https   raw githubusercontent com creationix nvm v0 31 0 install sh   bash   Now you can install whatever version of node you want and switch between the versions

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For me the fix was removing the node  packages and also the npm packages   Then a fresh install as   sudo apt-get install autoclean sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy npm install

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This is the your node is not properly install  first you need to uninstall the node then install again  To install the node this may help you  http   array151 com blog nodejs-tutorial-and-set-up   after that you can  install the packages easily  To install the packages this may help you  http   array151 com blog npm-node-package-manager

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TL DR   sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy     First of all let me clarify the situation a bit  In summer 2012 Debian maintainers decided to rename Node js executable to prevent some kind of namespace collision with another package  It was very hard decision for Debian Technical Committee  because it breaks backward compatibility   The following is a quote from Committee resolution draft  published in Debian mailing list         The nodejs package shall be changed to provide  usr bin nodejs  not     usr bin node   The package should declare a Breaks  relationship with   any packages in Debian that reference  usr bin node    The nodejs source package shall also provide a nodejs-legacy binary    package at Priority  extra that contains  usr bin node as a symlink to    usr bin nodejs   No package in the archive may depend on or recommend   the nodejs-legacy package  which is provided solely for upstream   compatibility   This package declares shall also declare a Conflicts     relationship with the node package           lt        Paragraph 2 is the actual solution for OP s issue  OP should try to install this package instead of doing symlink by hand  Here is a link to this package in Debian package index website   It can be installed using sudo apt-get install nodejs-legacy   I have not found any information about adopting the whole thing by NPM developers  but I think npm package will be fixed on some point and nodejs-legacy become really legacy

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Your System is not able to detect the path node js binary   1 which node  2 Then soft link node to nodejs  ln -s  the path of nodejs   usr bin node    I am assuming  usr bin is in your execution path  Then you can test by typing node or npm into your command line  and everything should work now

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