Safe to remove /usr/local/bin/node?
Solution 1
Yes. It is safe to remove /usr/local/bin/node
folder but you have to remove or edit Nodejs from the PATH in ~/.bashrc.
Solution 2
you are installing node from binaries which is self installation (not using ubuntu software center).
When you do self installation of node usually you create a symbolic link to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin to put in the path for everyone system-wide.
If you installed new version of node all you have to do is to remove the symlink of the old one and place the new one instead.
ln -s /path/where/node/installed/bin/node /usr/bin/node
Remove of course the one in /usr/local/bin or /usr/bin before.
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Comments
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hielsnoppe almost 2 years
In the past I installed Node.js. Now I tried updating it following this guide and ended up having two versions of it,
node
on version 0.10.7 andnodejs
on version 0.12.7. To clear this up I wanted to remove it completely and reinstall it.apt-get remove nodejs
worked fine, but notapt-get remove node
:Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package 'node' is not installed, so not removed 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
But:
$ which node /usr/local/bin/node
Is it safe to remove this file or will I have leftovers lurking around somewhere else?
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hielsnoppe over 8 yearsThanks for your answer! One more question, though: In my
.bashrc
there is no mention ofnode
. After removing the file and reinstallation of Node.jswhich node
now returns/usr/bin/node
which is fine, but typing justnode
results inbash: /usr/local/bin/node: No such file or directory
. Any idea? -
Mobin Ranjbar over 8 years@hielsnoppe Check also:
/etc/environment
and~/.profile
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hielsnoppe over 8 yearsNo
node
there either. :( -
Mobin Ranjbar over 8 years@hielsnoppe Run
hash -r
and try again.