Updating Node and Npm ==> This is how to completely uninstall node js and npm on Ubuntu or Debian and installing v14 or v16

gist-03-update-node-npm

sudo apt-get remove nodejs
sudo apt-get remove npm

installing nodejs-legacy works if you first apt-get remove node (or better yet, purge)

Then go to /etc/apt/sources.list.d and remove any node list if you have

sudo apt-get update

Check for any .npm or .node folder in your home folder and delete those. If you type which node
you can see the location of the node. Try which nodejs and which npm too.

V16
# Using Ubuntu
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs



# Using Debian, as root
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs

V14
# Using Ubuntu
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

# Using Debian, as root
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs





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