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- .TH "NPM\-REMOVAL" "1" "August 2018" "" ""
- .SH "NAME"
- \fBnpm-removal\fR \- Cleaning the Slate
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .P
- So sad to see you go\.
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- sudo npm uninstall npm \-g
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- Or, if that fails, get the npm source code, and do:
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- sudo make uninstall
- .fi
- .RE
- .SH More Severe Uninstalling
- .P
- Usually, the above instructions are sufficient\. That will remove
- npm, but leave behind anything you've installed\.
- .P
- If that doesn't work, or if you require more drastic measures,
- continue reading\.
- .P
- Note that this is only necessary for globally\-installed packages\. Local
- installs are completely contained within a project's \fBnode_modules\fP
- folder\. Delete that folder, and everything is gone (unless a package's
- install script is particularly ill\-behaved)\.
- .P
- This assumes that you installed node and npm in the default place\. If
- you configured node with a different \fB\-\-prefix\fP, or installed npm with a
- different prefix setting, then adjust the paths accordingly, replacing
- \fB/usr/local\fP with your install prefix\.
- .P
- To remove everything npm\-related manually:
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- rm \-rf /usr/local/{lib/node{,/\.npm,_modules},bin,share/man}/npm*
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- If you installed things \fIwith\fR npm, then your best bet is to uninstall
- them with npm first, and then install them again once you have a
- proper install\. This can help find any symlinks that are lying
- around:
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- ls \-laF /usr/local/{lib/node{,/\.npm},bin,share/man} | grep npm
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- Prior to version 0\.3, npm used shim files for executables and node
- modules\. To track those down, you can do the following:
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- find /usr/local/{lib/node,bin} \-exec grep \-l npm \\{\\} \\; ;
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- (This is also in the README file\.)
- .SH SEE ALSO
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 2
- README
- .IP \(bu 2
- npm help uninstall
- .IP \(bu 2
- npm help prune
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- .RE
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