Uninstalling / Removing npm and node package on Mac

Question

I am trying to remove the package download of npm and node that I installed to install them with Homebrew instead. However I am having great difficulty in doing this. How can I get the package version of node.js and npm totally removed from my Mac so I can install the Homebrew version?

Note: I have tried sudo npm rm --global node however I get the error sudo: npm: command not found

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9044788/how-do-i-uninstall-nodejs-installed-from-pkg-mac-os-x — suish, Sep 14 '14 at 14:51
now I am getting the error `Warning: node-0.10.31 already installed, it's just not linked` how can I rectify this? — Kern Elliott, Sep 14 '14 at 20:24
if I try to install phonegap I get this error `sudo: npm: command not found` — Kern Elliott, Sep 14 '14 at 20:29

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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check the link below for uninstalling node/npm

How do I uninstall nodejs installed from pkg (Mac OS X)?

and the brew error is happening due to permmision issue. Since brew basically don't allow to be executed with sudo so change the directory permission before brew command.

changing permission:

sudo chown -R $USER:admin /usr/local

brew link command:

brew link node

and then you can use npm or node commands.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

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answered Sep 15 '14 at 01:29

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its just a really bad suggestion to change ownership of /usr/local – Scott Stensland Sep 15 '14 at 14:32

Uninstalling / Removing npm and node package on Mac

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