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Installing still makes npm disappear #5984
Description
Hey I tried updating npm but I forgot to add the sudo before it, and for some reason it doesn't find my npm anymore. This is the commands and output I got
07:04 PM Faiq @ Faiqs-MacBook-Air ~
$ npm i -g npm
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm
npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.23.tgz
npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/npm/-/npm-1.4.23.tgz
npm ERR! error rolling back Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR! error rolling back [email protected] { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm']
npm ERR! error rolling back errno: 3,
npm ERR! error rolling back code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! error rolling back path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm' }
npm ERR! Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR! { [Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm']
npm ERR! errno: 3,
npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
npm ERR! path: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm' }
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator.
npm ERR! System Darwin 13.3.0
npm ERR! command "node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "i" "-g" "npm"
npm ERR! cwd /Users/Faiq
npm ERR! node -v v0.10.28
npm ERR! npm -v 1.4.20
npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
npm ERR! code EACCES
npm ERR! errno 3
npm ERR! stack Error: EACCES, unlink '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm'
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
npm ERR! /Users/Faiq/npm-debug.log
npm ERR! not ok code 0
07:05 PM Faiq @ Faiqs-MacBook-Air ~ ⏎ 3
$ sudo npm i -g npm
sudo: npm: command not found
cc: @othiym23