Error "Cannot find module 'npmlog'" after "npm update -g"

Question

I have NVM 0.30.1 and used it to install node.js v5.4.0 (with NPM 3.5.4) on Fedora 22. When I run npm update -g, I receive the following warnings:

npm WARN EBUNDLEOVERRIDE Replacing bundled npm > init-package-json with new installed version
npm WARN EBUNDLEOVERRIDE Replacing bundled npm > node-gyp with new installed version
npm WARN EBUNDLEOVERRIDE Replacing bundled npm > npm-install-checks with new installed version
npm WARN EBUNDLEOVERRIDE Replacing bundled npm > npmlog with new installed version
npm WARN EBUNDLEOVERRIDE Replacing bundled npm > read-package-json with new installed version

And after that, when I run npm I get this error:

module.js:328
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Cannot find module 'npmlog'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:326:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:277:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at /home/peflorencio/.nvm/versions/node/v5.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:20:13
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/peflorencio/.nvm/versions/node/v5.4.0/lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js:76:3)
    at Module._compile (module.js:398:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:405:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)

Does anyone know what it is and how to solve it?

Thanks

Answer 1

What fixed this for me was

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/

and then re-installing node (with npm).