Uninstall Node JS using Linux command line

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How do you uninstall node js using the cmd line in linux

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I think Manoj Gupta had the best answer from what I'm seeing. However, the remove command doesn't get rid of any configuration folders or files that may be leftover. Use:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove nodejs

The purge command should remove the package and then clean up any configuration files. (see this question for more info on the difference between purge and remove). The auto-remove flag will do the same for packages that were installed by NodeJS.

See the accepted answer on this question for a better explanation.

Although don't forget to handle NPM! Josh's answer covers that.

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To uninstall node I followed the accepted answer by  George  as I no longer have the sources  but before doing so I ran   sudo npm rm npm -g   That seemed to get rid of npm from the system directories such as  usr bin npm and  usr lib npm  I got the command from here  I then found a    npm directory  which I deleted manually  Honestly I don t know if every trace of npm has been removed  but I can t find anything else

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The answer of George Bailey works fine  I would just add the following flags and use sudo if needed    sudo rm -rf bin node bin node-waf include node lib node lib pkgconfig nodejs pc share man man1 node

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This is better to remove NodeJS and its modules manually because installation leaves a lot of files  links and modules behind and later it create problems while we reconfigure another version of NodeJS and its modules  Run the following commands   sudo rm -rf  usr local bin npm  usr local share man man1 node   usr local lib dtrace node d    npm    node-gyp  opt local bin node opt local include node  opt local lib node modules    sudo rm -rf  usr local lib node       sudo rm -rf  usr local include node           sudo rm -rf  usr local bin node    and this done   A step by step guide with commands is at http   amcositsupport blogspot in 2016 07 to-completely-uninstall-node-js-from html  This helped me resolve my problem

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If you installed from source  you can issue the following command   sudo make uninstall   If you followed the instructions on https   github com nodejs node wiki to install to your  HOME local node  then you have to type the following before the line above     configure --prefix  HOME local node

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Sorry the answer of George Bailey does work very fine when you want absolutely remove the node from your machine  This answer is referred from    tedeh https   github com nodesource distributions issues 486 If you wanna install a new version of node you have to use the code below sudo rm -rf  var cache yum sudo yum remove -y nodejs sudo rm  etc yum repos d nodesource  sudo yum clean all  And add new nodejs version to  quot yum quot  an new version of node  using this command for Node version 8 curl --silent --location https   rpm nodesource com setup 8 x   sudo bash -   using this command for Node version 10 curl --silent --location https   rpm nodesource com setup 10 x   sudo bash -  Install nodejs sudo yum -y install nodejs  I hope it gonna help you guy

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If you have yum you could do   yum remove nodesource-release  nodejs  yum clean all  And after that check if its deleted   rpm -qa  node npm

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If you installed node using curl   yum   sudo curl --silent --location https   rpm nodesource com setup 4 x   bash - sudo yum -y install nodejs   Then you can remove it using yum   sudo yum remove nodejs   Note that using the curl script causes the wrong version of node to be installed  There is a bug that causes node v6 7 to be installed instead of v4 x intended by the path     setup 4 x  used in the curl script

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Edit  If you know which package manager was used to install  it is best to uninstall with the same package manager  Examples for apt  make  yum are in other answers  This is a manual approach  Running which node will return something like  path bin node  Then run cd  path This is all that is added by Node JS  rm -r bin node bin node-waf include node lib node lib pkgconfig nodejs pc share man man1 node 1  Now the only thing I don t know about is npm and what it has installed  If you install npm again into a custom path that starts off empty  then you can see what it adds and then you will be able to make a list for npm similar to the above list I made for node

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after installing using the  ROCK-SOLID NODE JS PLATFORM ON UBUNTU  script  i get this output  Which tells you how to uninstall nodejs      Done  The new package has been installed and saved to       tmp node-install node-v0 8 19 nodejs 0 8 19-1 i386 deb      You can remove it from your system anytime using     dpkg -r nodejs

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Best way to go around this is to do it right from the BEGINNING   INSTALL BREW   HERE IS HOW  PASTE IN TERMINAL  sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git m4 ruby texinfo libbz2-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev libncurses-dev zlib1g-dev  ruby -e    curl -fsSL https   raw githubusercontent com Homebrew linuxbrew go install     Then at the end of your  bashrc file In your home directory press Ctrl   H   export PATH   HOME  linuxbrew bin  PATH  export MANPATH   HOME  linuxbrew share man  MANPATH  export INFOPATH   HOME  linuxbrew share info  INFOPATH    Then restart terminal so the modification to  bashrc are reloaded  TO INSTALL NODE  brew install node   TO CHECK VERSION  node -v npm -v   TO UPDATE NODE  brew update brew upgrade node   TO UNINSTALL NODE  brew uninstall node

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if you want to just update node  there s a neat updater too https   github com creationix nvm to use   git clone git   github com creationix nvm git    nvm source    nvm nvm sh nvm install v0 4 1

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I think this works  at least partially  have not investigated    nvm uninstall  lt VERSION TO UNINSTALL gt   eg   nvm uninstall 4 4 5

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In Ubuntu 12 04 simply type this     sudo apt-get remove nodejs   It will uninstall nodejs and npm as well simple

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