Nvm: Can't uninstall global npm package

[cameronroe]

I'm trying to uninstall a package with npm uninstall -g <package> but it's not removing it from .nvm/versions/node/v6.0.0/bin/<package>

[ljharb]

What's nvm debug and npm root -g say? When you installed that package, did you use sudo? (you never want to use sudo with nvm)

[cameronroe]

$ nvm debug
nvm --version: v0.31.0
$SHELL: /bin/bash
$HOME: /Users/cameronroe
$NVM_DIR: '$HOME/.nvm'
$PREFIX: ''
$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: ''
nvm current: v6.0.0
which node: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.0.0/bin/node
which iojs: 
which npm: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.0.0/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.0.0
npm root -g: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v6.0.0/lib/node_modules

$ npm root -g
/Users/cameronroe/.nvm/versions/node/v6.0.0/lib/node_modules

[ljharb]

Try chown -R "$(whoami)": "$(npm root -g)" (you may need sudo for it) and then npm uninstall -g <packagename> again?

[cameronroe]

I think it removed it, but the shell didn't update after uninstall.

[cameronroe]

Now I get this on login: -bash: /usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.31.6/nvm.sh: No such file or directory

[ljharb]

Ah, "Cellar" - did you previously install nvm with homebrew? If so, you may want to remove all of the nvm-related lines from your profile files, and then rerun the install script in the readme.

[cameronroe]

Yeah, I did though.

[ljharb]

hmm - that line must exist somewhere, otherwise it wouldn't try to source that file :-/

[cameronroe]

Okay, so I had some strange configuration because now that I've removed the brew version, I still have a .nvm and it's giving me this when I try to install.

=> Downloading nvm from git to '/Users/cameronjroe/.nvm'
=> fatal: destination path '/Users/cameronjroe/.nvm' already exists and is not an empty directory.
Failed to clone nvm repo. Please report this!

[ljharb]

Ah, that's fixed in 68bf93514bdf5d2852ce74819350bed99eb472a6 but not yet released in master. Try curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/68bf93514bdf5d2852ce74819350bed99eb472a6/install.sh | bash to work around that for now?

[cameronroe]

I did that and I get this:

$ nvm
-bash: nvm: command not found

[ljharb]

After restarting your terminal?

Can you verify the nvm-related lines in one of your profile files, and in which one?

[cameronroe]

I have a .bash_profile with:

# nvm/node
export NVM_DIR=~/.nvm
export NODE_ENV='development'

.bashrc with:

export NVM_DIR="/Users/cameronjroe/.nvm"
[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"  # This loads nvm

[cameronroe]

$ which nvm gives nothing

[ljharb]

ok so, in bash_profile - remove that NVM_DIR line entirely, the one in .bashrc is correct. which nvm isn't supposed to give anything, because nvm is a shell function and not a binary. type nvm should, however.

[cameronroe]

still nothing

[cameronroe]

opened a new shell too

[cameronroe]

I also keep seeing this in new shell windows on login -bash: /usr/local/Cellar/nvm/0.31.6/nvm.sh: No such file or directory

[ljharb]

Can you gist the entire contents of .bash_profile and .bashrc? Feel free to asterisk out any sensitive parts.

[ljharb]

Also, make sure to run brew uninstall nvm

[cameronroe]

I did find this source $(brew --prefix nvm)/nvm.sh

[ljharb]

Ah, please remove that line :-)

[cameronroe]

Ah, okay turned out my .bashrc wasn't sourced in my .bash_profile

[ljharb]

that'd do it :-) you definitely want to add that also.

[cameronroe]

Would this be messing it up in .bashrc -> [ -n "$PS1" ] && source ~/.bash_profile

[ljharb]

yes, generally you want bash_profile to source bashrc, not the other way around.

[cameronroe]

Awesome, got it. Thanks!

[ljharb]

np, let me know if it's still not all working!

[tanzeelrana]

Not sure whats wrong with my npm but I can not use any packages i install using npm install -g <package>. Can someone please help

root@pace:~# nvm debug
nvm --version: v0.33.8
$SHELL: /bin/bash
$HOME: /root
$NVM_DIR: '$HOME/.nvm'
$PREFIX: ''
$NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX: ''
$NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
$NVM_IOJS_ORG_MIRROR: ''
shell version: 'GNU bash, version 4.3.48(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)'
uname -a: 'Linux 4.4.0-139-generic #165-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 24 10:58:50 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux'
OS version: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS  
curl: /usr/bin/curl, curl 7.47.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.47.0 GnuTLS/3.4.10 zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.32 librtmp/2.3
wget: /usr/bin/wget, GNU Wget 1.17.1 built on linux-gnu.
git: /usr/bin/git, git version 2.7.4
grep: /bin/grep (grep --color=auto), grep (GNU grep) 2.25
sed: -e expression #1, char 9: Unmatched ) or \)
awk: , GNU Awk 4.1.3, API: 1.1 (GNU MPFR 3.1.4, GNU MP 6.1.0)
sed: /bin/sed, sed (GNU sed) 4.2.2
cut: /usr/bin/cut, cut (GNU coreutils) 8.25
basename: /usr/bin/basename, basename (GNU coreutils) 8.25
sed: -e expression #1, char 9: Unmatched ) or \)
rm: , rm (GNU coreutils) 8.25
sed: -e expression #1, char 9: Unmatched ) or \)
mkdir: , mkdir (GNU coreutils) 8.25
xargs: /usr/bin/xargs, xargs (GNU findutils) 4.7.0-git
nvm current: v8.9.4
which node: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v8.9.4/bin/node
which iojs: 
which npm: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v8.9.4/bin/npm
npm config get prefix: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v8.9.4
npm root -g: $NVM_DIR/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules

root@pace:~# npm root -g
/root/.nvm/versions/node/v8.9.4/lib/node_modules

root@pace:~# npm root
/root/node_modules

[ljharb]

You seem to have a node_modules folder in your home dir; I’d delete that. Either way tho, please file a new issue (and fill out the issue template) instead of commenting on this old, closed one, and I’ll be happy to take a look.

[tanzeelrana]

https://github.com/creationix/nvm/issues/1945