Uninstall Node.JS no possible

Hi there, :slight_smile:

unfortunately, I am not able to uninstall Node.JS completely. I already tried it using Octopi, and now there is nothing left to uninstall. But when I type in the console “node -v” the output is always “v10.6.0”. Why is that? Cannot find solutions even using google. Please help.

Search for installed node packages

$ pacman -Qs node
local/nodejs 14.9.0-1
    Evented I/O for V8 javascript

Then uninstall the package

Or you can query system for the node binary

$ which node
/usr/bin/node

Then query which package owns the file

pacman -Qo /usr/bin/node

Then remove the package

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Hi linux-aarhus,

thank you for the quick reply. :slight_smile:
Now the system tells me: error: No package owns /usr/local/bin/node
So how to uninstall in that case?

That means you removed nodejs package

The only way to get files into /usr/local/bin - is something you have done manually.

A local make of a source package can do this e.g.

$ configure && make &&  sudo make install

So to remove it - you will to use the same source package - and run

$ sudo make uninstall
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Or perhaps a node version manager was used.
https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm

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yeah, I recently installed nodeJs through nvm much easier to get a certain version of node, if you want to use them.

I see I have a lot to learn. :grin:
Thank you all for your help. I appreciate it very much.