Stuck on an older version after installed a new one

Question

node --version
v4.5.0

npm --version
2.15.9

node-gyp --version
v3.4.0

which node
/home/admin/.nvm/versions/node/v4.5.0/bin/node

For some reason, after running sudo npm install -g node-gyp - node-gyp installs with node v0.10.25:

npm WARN engine cryptiles@2.0.5: wanted: {"node":">=0.10.40"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.25","npm":"1.3.10"})
npm WARN engine boom@2.10.1: wanted: {"node":">=0.10.40"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.25","npm":"1.3.10"})
npm WARN engine hoek@2.16.3: wanted: {"node":">=0.10.40"} (current: {"node":"v0.10.25","npm":"1.3.10"})

I've accessed /home/admin/.nvm/versions/node/ and found those folders: v4.4.4, v4.4.7, v4.5.0 .

Can someone trigger the issue ? Where is that v0.10.25 version and how do I get rid of it ?

Answer 1

The issue is that you, as a normal user , are using nvm , Node Version Manager, which allows you to install different (newer/older) versions of Node independently of the system-installed version of Node (which, in your case, is 0.10.25).

When you install node-gyp using sudo , you're "switching" to a different user (root), for which the nvm setup doesn't apply. Hence, the system-installed version of Node will be used, triggering the error you're getting.

You have a few solutions:

• Don't use sudo when installing node-gyp . Because you're using nvm , you already have all the permissions required to install it as a normal user.
• Update the system-installed version of Node. It depends on which distribution you're using if this is possible; some Linux distro's only offer wildly outdated versions of Node in their main distribution. In that case, take a look at the Nodesource binary distribution , which provides recent Node binaries for the most common Linux distributions.

Answer 2

You might have to clean/remove the other versions of Node. Perhaps the easiest is to remove everything and then install afresh. There's a script ( install.sh ) for this on npmjs.org site . Simply run this on your terminal and then it should remove any old installations and install the latest version.

Give it a try and let me know if this helps. It seems to have worked for closely related problem here .

Answer 3

I had the same problem. i found that i had a node.exe file with old version, and in the PATH (environment variables) i had a link to this old node.exe folder. once removing it from the path (and restarting cmd) the problem was fixed