How to update npm using nvm

02 Sep 2017

If you are JavaScript developer and not using nvm you might want to look at it. Node Version Manager is easy way to install, manage and work with multiple node versions.

And I recently got npm update notification, that looks like this:

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nvm doesn’t let you update only npm, but just a node+npm version. But there is a really easy way to do it:

# navigate to nvm's node lib folder
# (replace v8.4.0 with your version)
cd ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.4.0/lib/

# update npm right there
npm install npm

# reopen your terminal

That’s it. Great thing is that npm can update itself. And this works for any other global npm package.