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							- .TH "REMOVAL" "7" "August 2021" "" ""
 
- .SH "NAME"
 
- \fBremoval\fR \- Cleaning the Slate
 
- .SS 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
 
- .SS 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 less 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\.)
 
- .SS See also
 
- .RS 0
 
- .IP \(bu 2
 
- npm help uninstall
 
- .IP \(bu 2
 
- npm help prune
 
- .RE
 
 
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