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Jayaraman Thiyyadi
9,031 Pointsuninstall npm packages globally
Hi, I am unable to uninstall node, sass, npm which i install globally. Also need help in figuring out which package can be global and which are project specific.
Jayaramans-MacBook-Pro:/ jayaramanthiyyadi$ npm -v
5.5.1
Jayaramans-MacBook-Pro:/ jayaramanthiyyadi$ node -v
v8.9.1
Jayaramans-MacBook-Pro:/ jayaramanthiyyadi$ sass -v
Sass 3.5.3 (Bleeding Edge)
Jayaramans-MacBook-Pro:/ jayaramanthiyyadi$ npm uninstall sass
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json'
npm WARN saveError EACCES: permission denied, open '/package-lock.json.1286701303'
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json'
npm WARN !invalid#2 No description
npm WARN !invalid#2 No repository field.
npm WARN !invalid#2 No README data
npm WARN !invalid#2 No license field.
up to date in 0.046s
Jayaramans-MacBook-Pro:/ jayaramanthiyyadi$ npm uninstall sass -g
up to date in 0.043s
Jayaramans-MacBook-Pro:/ jayaramanthiyyadi$ npm uninstall node
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json'
npm WARN saveError EACCES: permission denied, open '/package-lock.json.567584276'
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/package.json'
npm WARN !invalid#2 No description
npm WARN !invalid#2 No repository field.
npm WARN !invalid#2 No README data
npm WARN !invalid#2 No license field.
up to date in 0.046s
Jayaramans-MacBook-Pro:/ jayaramanthiyyadi$ npm uninstall node -g
up to date in 0.045s
Jayaramans-MacBook-Pro:/ jayaramanthiyyadi$
Note: planning on developing a simple dynamic site for learning purpose using html, css, sass, bootstrap, javascript, jquery for front end development and for backend I hope nodejs and mongo db.
1 Answer
Jordan Watson
14,738 PointsTo uninstall NPM packages globally you need to ensure you have the global flag in in remove line i.e
npm uninstall -g <package>