I have installed nodejs(node-v4.2.1) in ubuntu 14.04 using zip file(tar.gz) downloaded from node js website(not using apt-get install.The location of installed node is /usr/local/bin.
while trying to uninstall it using sudo apt-get purge,sudo apt-get remove &sudo apt-get autoremove is not working.How could I uninstall it?
I got the solution from the links given below
http://hungred.com/how-to/completely-removing-nodejs-npm/
How to install node binary distribution files on Linux
I did the following steps and it works fine
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/node/
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man1/node.1
cd /home/userName
ls -ld .?* (to display hidden files)
# delete files/folders related with node
sudo rm -f .node_repl_history
sudo rm -rf .npm
To Re-install new version follow the below steps
1.Download new version from Node official website.In my case my downloaded file is node-v6.9.4-linux-x64.tar.xz
2.Move the file into /usr/local directory using the command
sudo mv Downloads/node-v6.9.4-linux-x64.tar.xz /usr/local
3.Use the below command to extract into appropriate directories in /usr/local
sudo tar --strip-components 1 -xf node-v6.9.4-linux-x64.tar.xz
-xf is to unzip .tar.xz for tar.gz use -xzf
4.verify installation
node --version
Check if there is an uninstall script in the zip, otherwise you need to clean /usr/local manually for any node related artefacts.
