npm

JavaScript package manager

Node.js package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world - npmjs.com

npm makes it easy for JavaScript developers to share and reuse code, and it makes it easy to update the code that you're sharing - docs.npmjs.com

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# Updating

Node comes with npm installed so you should have a version of npm. However, npm gets updated more frequently than Node does, so you'll want to make sure it's the latest version.

sudo npm install npm -g

Test: Run:

npm -v

The version should be higher than 2.1.8.

# Installation

You can find the latest installation instructions here: npmjs.com Npm now comes bindled with node now - nodejs.org

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If you prefer a fancy install (Unix) - there's a pretty robust install script at https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh. You can download that and run it.

curl -L https://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh

# Uninstalling

In case you need to:

sudo npm uninstall npm -g

Or, if that fails:

sudo make uninstall