And this works for any other global npm package. Great thing is that npm can update itself. # navigate to nvm's node lib folder # (replace v8.4.0 with your version) cd ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/ # update npm right there npm install npm # reopen your terminal Download the Node.js source code, a pre-built installer for your platform, or install via a package manager. Once I found it, it was super easy to update npm in that specific folder. So I tried to find a path where global packages are installed when using nvm. I can't remember the exact error, but it was probably something with my PATH configuration. However, when I was using a 'system' node version, installed from Node.js website, it did. js and NPM on Windows: Step 1: On your Windows 10 or 11, first open. Recently I got npm update notification, that looks something like this:įor some reason, when I had node installed through nvm, npm i -g npm didn't work. The following are the two ways to update the version of Node. Node Version Manager is easy way to install, manage and work with multiple node versions. If you are JavaScript developer and not using nvm you might want to look at it.

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