[DOCS] npm removal using make, no Makefile in project directory

[Avinal Kumar]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This is a CLI Docs Problem, not another kind of Docs Problem.

• This is a CLI Docs Problem.

Description of Problem

I am trying to uninstall npm because I am getting this error message and no matter what command I try it is not working.

Cannot load externalized builtin: "internal/deps/cjs-module-lexer/lexer:/usr/lib/node_modules/cjs-module-lexer/lexer.js".
----- Native stack trace -----

 1: 0x7fb2655f8fa4 node::builtins::BuiltinLoader::AddExternalizedBuiltin(char const*, char const*) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
 2: 0x7fb2655f9193 node::builtins::BuiltinLoader::BuiltinLoader() [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
 3: 0x7fb26554e737 node::InitializePrimordials(v8::Local<v8::Context>) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
 4: 0x7fb26554e868 node::GetPerContextExports(v8::Local<v8::Context>) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
 5: 0x7fb26554e648 node::InitializePrimordials(v8::Local<v8::Context>) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
 6: 0x7fb26554e940 node::InitializeMainContextForSnapshot(v8::Local<v8::Context>) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
 7: 0x7fb26554e965 node::InitializeContext(v8::Local<v8::Context>) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
 8: 0x7fb26554e9c3 node::NewContext(v8::Isolate*, v8::Local<v8::ObjectTemplate>) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
 9: 0x7fb26567d024 node::NodeMainInstance::CreateMainEnvironment(node::ExitCode*) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
10: 0x7fb26567d17b node::NodeMainInstance::Run() [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
11: 0x7fb2655e2999 node::Start(int, char**) [/lib64/libnode.so.115]
12: 0x7fb264a3d088  [/lib64/libc.so.6]
13: 0x7fb264a3d14b __libc_start_main [/lib64/libc.so.6]
14: 0x55b0be61e035 _start [node]
[1]    456973 IOT instruction (core dumped)  npm list -g --depth=0

I was following the guide to uninstall npm,

cli/docs/lib/content/using-npm/removal.md

Lines 15 to 19 in ea0b07d

 Or, if that fails, get the npm source code, and do: 
  
 ```bash 
 sudo make uninstall 
 ``` 

But there is no Makefile in the project repository root. Am I looking at the wrong repository or missing something.

Potential Solution

Update the docs with accurate info about removing npm.

Affected URL

https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/using-npm/removal

[Stephen Reaves]

I'm also seeing this error even when running npm --version. But I have npm installed via default Fedora (40) repos. Did you install this manually?

[Gar]

That is very outdated info in that doc file, it should be removed.

[Avinal Kumar]

I'm also seeing this error even when running npm --version. But I have npm installed via default Fedora (40) repos. Did you install this manually?

I don't exactly remember, it was a long time ago. Everything was working fine until I upgraded to Fedora 40 and tried updating some packages.

[Stephen Reaves]

I was able to workaround/fix this by running sudo dnf remove nodejs-npm nodejs yarnpkg && sudo dnf install nodejs-npm nodejs yarnpkg. For whatever reason, dnf reinstall didn't work, but removing and installing did.

[Avinal Kumar]

I will open a PR to remove the particular instruction.