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Robert Donnelly
Robert Donnelly
6,043 Points
Posted by Robert Donnelly
Robert Donnelly
6,043 Points

NPM@3 Beta install issues

I have a fresh install of Node on my machine and am trying to get the the npm@3 beta to work.

I follow the instructions in the npm blog using npm install -g npm@3.0-latest and everything seems to go fine, I'm not given any errors. But then when I npm -v it tells me I'm still on 2.14.2

Anyone know what silly mistake I'm making here?

1 Answer

simhub
simhub
26,544 Points
simhub
simhub
26,544 Points

hi Robert,
sorry! i am not an expert.
but maybe you should tell your comp. where to find the new installed npm.

1. use your terminal:
   $ npm root -g

my result is:
   $ /usr/local/lib/node_modules

2. now you could point the path to it ( export PATH=....)

like i said, i am not an expert!