E: Unable to locate package npm

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Jacs picture Jacs · Nov 18, 2017 · Viewed 93.2k times · Source

When I try to install npm with sudo apt-get install npm, I got following error:

E: Unable to locate package npm

Why can't apt find npm? I'm using Debian 9 and already did run 

sudo apt-get install nodejs

Answer

gokcand picture gokcand · Dec 28, 2017

From the official Node.js documentation:

A Node.js package is also available in the official repo for Debian Sid (unstable), Jessie (testing) and Wheezy (wheezy-backports) as "nodejs". It only installs a nodejs binary.

So, if you only type sudo apt-get install nodejs , it does not install other goodies such as npm.

You need to type:

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Optional: install build tools

To compile and install native add-ons from npm you may also need to install build tools:

sudo apt-get install -y build-essential

More info: Docs

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