How can I change the version of npm using nvm

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I ve been using NVM to install the latest versions of nodeJS for my node work  It works totally fine for installing separate versions and switching between them  It also installs the latest version of NPM within each local     bin folder along with the node binary  However  there doesn t seem to be any way to switch the version of NPM that I m using  or at least I can t figure it out     The only solution I can think of myself is to delete the binary that it s defaulting to  which is the NPM that was installed when I first installed node with NVM   and in its place to put the latest NPM binary  However  I m wondering if there are any better ways to go about doing this

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nvm doesn t handle npm   So if you want to install node 0 4 x  which many packages still depend on  and use NPM  you can still use npm 1 0 x   Install node 0 6 x  which comes with npm 1 1 x  and install nvm with npm   npm install nvm     nvm nvm sh   Install node 0 4 x with nvm   nvm install v0 4 12 nvm use v0 4 12   Install npm using install sh  note the -L param to follow any redirects    curl -L https   npmjs org install sh   sh   This will detect node 0 4 12 and install npm 1 0 106 in your   nvm v0 4 12 lib node modules folder and create symlink for nvm    nvm v0 4 12 bin npm - gt     lib node modules npm bin npm-cli js   If you try to run npm  it will still give an error but if you do nvm use v0 4 12 again  it should now work

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In windows  run your terminal as admin  in case there are permission issues as I had   Then use a specific node version  say 7 8 0  by  nvm use 7 8 0   then update your npm to desired specific version by  npm install -g npm 5 0 3

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EDIT  several years since this question was first answered  as noted in a newer answer  there is now a command for this      nvm now has a command to update npm  It s nvm install-latest-npm or nvm install --latest-npm    nvm install-latest-npm  Attempt to upgrade to the latest working npm on the current node version  nvm install --latest-npm  After installing  attempt to upgrade to the latest working npm on the given node version  Below are previous revisions of the correct answer to this question   Over three years after this question was first asked  it seems like the answer is much simpler now  Just update the version that nvm installed  which lives in    nvm versions node  your-version  lib node modules npm   I just installed node 4 2 2  which comes with npm 2 14 7  but I want to use npm 3  So I did   cd    nvm versions node v4 2 2 lib npm install npm   Easy   And yes  this should work for any module  not just npm  that you want to be  global  for a specific version of node      EDIT 1  In the newest version  npm -g is smart and installs modules into the path above instead of the system global path     Thanks  philraj for pointing this out in a comment

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NVM Installation  amp  usage on Windows  Below are the steps for NVM Installation on Windows   NVM stands for node version manager  which will help to switch the your node versions for specific use  It also allows the user to work with multiple npm and node versions   Install nvm setup  Use command  nvm list  to check list ofinstalled node version  Type  nvm use version number 6 9 3   to switch versions  For more info

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What about npm i -g npm  Did you try to run this as well

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The easy way to change version is first to check your available version using nvm ls then select version from the list nvm use version

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npm install npm x x x -g npm install npm 5 4 0 -g

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I m on Windows and I couldn t get any of this stuff to work   I kept getting errors about files being in the way   This worked though   cd  APPDATA  nvm v8 10 0             or whatever version you re using mv npm npm-old mv npm cmd npm-old cmd cd node modules  mv npm npm-old cd npm-old bin node npm-cli js i -g npm latest  cd  APPDATA  nvm v8 10 0   or whatever version you re using rm npm-old rm npm-old cmd cd node modules  rm -rf npm-old   And boom  I m back in business

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I had same issue after installing nvm-windows on top of existing Node installation  Solution was just to follow the instructions      You should also delete the existing npm install location  e g     C  Users AppData Roaming npm   so that the nvm install location   will be correctly used instead    Installation  amp  Upgrades

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Slight variation on the above instructions  worked for me   MacOS Sierra 10 12 6   npm install -g npm 3 10 10 rm  usr local bin npm ln -s    npm-packages bin npm  usr local bin npm npm --version

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nvm now has a command to update npm  It s nvm install-latest-npm or npm install --latest-npm

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find the node and npm version you want to use from here https   nodejs org en download releases  nvm use 8 11 4 you already got the npm 5 6 with node 8 11 4  Just go with nvm use node version

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By looking at www npmjs com install sh I found there is a way to install a specific version by setting an environment-variable  export npm install  2 14 14   Then run the download-script as described at npmjs com   curl -L https   www npmjs com install sh   sh  If you omit setting the npm install variable  then it will install the the version they have marked as latest

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Changing npm versions on linux based OSs isn t a straight forward one command process yet  I have done following to switch back to older version of npm  This should work to get any version of npm working  First install the version of npm you want to use   sudo npm install -g npm X X X   Remove the sym link in  usr local bin   sudo rm  usr local bin npm   Recreate the sym link using the desired version of npm you have installed  sudo ln -s  usr bin npm X X X  usr local bin npm

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