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I am trying to reinstall node. I was screwing around a little bit trying to download a newer version.

So to uninstall I cleared out the node and node_module parts inside usr/local/bin/ and usr/local/src

Following these instructions

https://github.com/joysent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager#ubuntu-mint

When I run 

xx.x@x:~/src/node-v0.10.18$ checkinstall

I get 

dpkg: regarding .../node_0.10.18-1_i386.deb containing node:
 nodejs conflicts with node
  node (version 0.10.18-1) is to be installed.
  node provides node and is to be installed.
dpkg: error processing /home/hassan/src/node-v0.10.18/node_0.10.18-1_i386.deb (--install):
 conflicting packages - not installing node
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /home/hassan/src/node-v0.10.18/node_0.10.18-1_i386.deb
(END)

I am not sure what else I should be doing. I tried a few other things.

:(

More details

This is what shows up on the command line

Copying files to the temporary directory...OK

Stripping ELF binaries and libraries...OK

Compressing man pages...OK

Building file list...OK

Building Debian package...OK

Installing Debian package... FAILED!

*** Failed to install the package

Do you want to see the log file?  [y]: y


*** SIGINT received ***

Restoring overwritten files from backup...OK

Cleaning up...OK

Bye.

OH I solved it! I deleted all of the node related files through synaptic !! :D!

smarterchildrencafetrenchcats
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You may be able to use my pre-built packages which are available here:

https://launchpad.net/~chris-lea/+archive/node.js

They install a /usr/bin/nodejs binary and then create a symlink from that to /usr/bin/node.

If you are going to use these, be sure to remove any vestiges of any previous installs so that the system is using the correct binaries.

Chris Lea
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