How to Install and Uninstall npm Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 07,2024

You can also install and uninstall the npm on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "npm" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install npm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "npm" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall npm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the npm package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: npm
Architecture: all
Version: 8.5.1~ds-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2647
Provides: arborist (= 4.3.1), node-npm (= 8.5.1), node-npm-packlist (= 3.0.0), node-npmcli-arborist (= 4.3.1), node-npmcli-ci-detect (= 2.0.0), node-npmcli-config (= 3.0.0), node-npmcli-disparity-colors (= 1.0.1), node-npmcli-fs (= 1.1.0), node-npmcli-git (= 2.1.0), node-npmcli-installed-package-contents (= 1.0.7), node-npmcli-map-workspaces (= 2.0.0), node-npmcli-metavuln-calculator (= 2.0.0), node-npmcli-name-from-folder (= 1.0.1), node-npmcli-node-gyp (= 1.0.3), node-npmcli-package-json (= 1.0.1), node-npmcli-promise-spawn (= 1.3.2), node-npmcli-run-script (= 2.0.0), node-pacote (= 12.0.3), node-qrcode-terminal (= 0.12.0), npm-packlist (= 3.0.0), pacote (= 12.0.3), qrcode-terminal (= 0.12.0)
Depends: ca-certificates, node-abbrev, node-agent-base, node-ansistyles, node-aproba, node-archy, node-asap, node-cacache, node-chalk, node-chownr, node-cli-table3, node-colors, node-columnify, node-debug, node-depd, node-emoji-regex, node-encoding, node-glob, node-got, node-graceful-fs, node-gyp, node-hosted-git-info, node-https-proxy-agent, node-ini, node-ip, node-ip-regex, node-json-parse-better-errors, node-jsonparse, node-lru-cache, node-minimatch, node-minipass, node-mkdirp, node-ms, node-negotiator, node-nopt, node-normalize-package-data, node-npm-bundled, node-npm-package-arg, node-npmlog, node-once, node-promise-retry, node-promzard, node-read, node-read-package-json, node-rimraf, node-semver, node-ssri, node-string-width, node-strip-ansi, node-tar, node-text-table, node-validate-npm-package-license, node-validate-npm-package-name, node-which, node-wrappy, node-write-file-atomic, node-yallist, nodejs:any (>= 10)
Recommends: git, node-tap
Suggests: node-opener
Filename: pool/universe/n/npm/npm_8.5.1~ds-1_all.deb
Size: 893652
MD5sum: c1da44f045f173a7642c0d5b9a800689
SHA1: ad1c86ceed3bb8f2b15c9072b17d1225865ddcbc
SHA256: a50bb6b5f1197a9d8a7c9b3e3af035572b2bbbae021013ccdaf3aed2f021da5f
SHA512: 00330efa965d0bdfb419b51978cdcc745c28cb0d42f95e6e071c24ab5f12185e838d6353923ea561ed906d290b270c13440774eabe39c88ae608a156b04001aa
Homepage: https://docs.npmjs.com/
Description: package manager for Node.js
Description-md5: 0038510bc0647e0d6e2fa9ea24bf2f27