Running "npm" returns "Error: Cannot find module 'inherits'"

Question

module.js:340
throw err;
      ^
Error: Cannot find module 'inherits'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/node_modules/npmconf/npmconf.js:3:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)

Answer 1

The following worked for me. The other answer, sudo yum install nodejs-inherits*, did not do the trick for me. Note, before running the following, you may want to back up your /usr/lib/node_modules folder so you can refer back to it to recall what all you had installed globally.

sudo yum erase nodejs npm
sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/node_modules
sudo yum install nodejs npm

Hope this helps someone.