How to uninstall Gulp CLI from NPM globally?

Question

I have the following package installed globally via npm:

+-- gulp-cli@2.0.1 (github:gulpjs/gulp-cli#4782b9a582ce7cc7e009073705a565b57d235332)

I have tried to uninstall it like so...

npm uninstall gulp-cli@2.0.1

But it does not remove it. How can I get this package removed from my global location?

I'm on npm version 6.1.0

add the -g flag. Here is an example https://docs.npmjs.com/uninstalling-packages-and-dependencies#unscoped-package-2 — skellertor, Dec 28 '18 at 04:45
i did, it does not work. when i list all global packages after attempting to remove it, that same package is still listed. — klewis, Dec 28 '18 at 04:48
Can you post the exact command you used and the npm version? — skellertor, Dec 28 '18 at 04:50

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '19 at 19:25

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Thanks to R. Wanjohi I figured it out for my machine. I had to do the following to get the global version of gulp cli off my machine:

npm rm -g gulp-cli

answered Jan 02 '19 at 19:25

klewis

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 02 '19 at 16:06

2

I was experiencing the same problem but when I used the following code, it worked:

npm rm -g gulp

answered Jan 02 '19 at 16:06

R. Wanjohi

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 28 '18 at 04:51

1

You need to uninstall it globally (add the -g tag)

npm uninstall -g gulp-cli@2.0.1

answered Dec 28 '18 at 04:51

Lan Dang

I wish you were right. But, the package still gets listed after attempting to do this exact thing. – klewis Dec 28 '18 at 04:56
Do you have an inform message when you uninstall the package (me is `removed 318 packages in 6.252s`)? And yet how do you know your package is still there? – Lan Dang Dec 28 '18 at 05:14
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It just says __up to date in 0.042s__. And I know because when I run __npm list -g --depth=0__ it shows it listed. This is crazy. – klewis Dec 28 '18 at 05:19

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 15 '20 at 13:15

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it's pretty simple, to uninstall a global package run

npm uninstall -g <package-name>

to verify run

npm ls -g --depth=0

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answered May 15 '20 at 13:15

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