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Uninstall nodejs from OSX Yosemite
# first:
lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom | while read f; do sudo rm /usr/local/${f}; done
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*
# To recap, the best way (I've found) to completely uninstall node + npm is to do the following:
# go to /usr/local/lib and delete any node and node_modules
cd /usr/local/lib
sudo rm -rf node*
# go to /usr/local/include and delete any node and node_modules directory
cd /usr/local/include
sudo rm -rf node*
# if you installed with brew install node, then run brew uninstall node in your terminal
brew uninstall node
# check your Home directory for any "local" or "lib" or "include" folders, and delete any "node" or "node_modules" from there
# go to /usr/local/bin and delete any node executable
cd /usr/local/bin
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node
ls -las
# you may need to do the additional instructions as well:
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man1/node.1
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d
sudo rm -rf ~/.npm
@blendaguedes-zz
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Thank you so much! Struggling with it a lot. Savior!

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muet commented Dec 20, 2019

not working at all. still get module not found... somehow, node modules get installed in wrong path in project when using mvn jgitflow finish release w/ --- frontend-maven-plugin:1.4:npm (run-npm-install) @

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tonymtz commented Dec 20, 2019

not working at all. still get module not found... somehow, node modules get installed in wrong path in project when using mvn jgitflow finish release w/ --- frontend-maven-plugin:1.4:npm (run-npm-install) @

It sounds like your installation is not correct. It is not related to this gist at all.

@divyamb
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divyamb commented Feb 26, 2020

thank you for this!

@rselva
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rselva commented May 28, 2020

Worked like charm!!!

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elulcao commented Nov 22, 2020

Thanks for sharing 👍

@torojin
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torojin commented Jan 16, 2021

Thanks for this!

@devnoyo0123
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Thanks. It saves the time of absolutely removing the node.js

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DYW972 commented Apr 8, 2021

Thank you for sharing @tonymtz 👍

Very helpful trick!

But as @e2tha-e wrote (thank you too 👍)

@tonymtz On my installation of Node v4.0.0 on Yosemite 10.10.5, the first line needed to be
lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.node.pkg.bom | while read f; do sudo rm /usr/local/${f}; done
A different filename from org.nodejs.pkg.bom
Otherwise, this worked like a charm!

On macOS Big Sur version 11.2.3 (20D91) with nodejs Latest Current Version: 15.14.0 (includes npm 7.7.6) installed from official website, the file name is not org.nodejs.pkg.bom but org.nodejs.**node**.pkg.bom .

You can check this when you cd /var/db/receipts/ && ls -la.

So everyone, who wants to use this trick, please check the /var/db/receipts/ directory before to make sure you write the right file name.

Normally after that everything is ok.

thank you again @tonymtz & @e2tha-e

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