Found a similar question here and the answer worked. sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/npm /usr/local/share/man/man1/node* ~/.npm sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node* sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/node* sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/node* sudo apt-get purge nodejs npm sudo apt autoremove Save Download the latest tar.xz NodeJS file from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ tar -xf node-v#.#.#-linux-x64.tar.xz sudo mv node-v#.#.#-linux-x64/bin/* /usr/local/bin/ sudo mv node-v#.#.#-linux-x64/lib/node_modules/ /usr/local/lib/ Save Where #.#.# is the version you downloaded. Verify installation using node -v npm -v