Help with removing Packages that aren't installed. But are really - apt-get

flebber · 12-26-2011, 03:43 AM

I installed nodejs and npm via using this configuration script from here http://apptob.org/ which installs 0.6.5 and npm 1.0.106.

However the install isn't functioning correctly and npm could not install packages. So I wanted to remove the installed packages and try a fresh install again.

So I did.

Code:

sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove node npm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libv8-3.1.8.22 libc-ares-dev libev4 libv8-dev libc-ares2 libev-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  node* npm*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
(Reading database ... 283764 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing node ...
Purging configuration files for node ...
Removing npm ...
Purging configuration files for npm ...

I also then completed apt-get autoremove.

However at the command line both node and npm still show as installed and return their version numbers.

Code:

sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~$ npm -v
1.0.106
sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~$ node -v
v0.6.5

But running the remove commands again states they are not installed.

Code:

sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~$ sudo apt-get --purge remove node
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package node is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

How can I get the 'not installed?' package to be uninstalled from my installation.

I am on ubuntu 11.10.

knudfl · 12-26-2011, 12:17 PM

/usr/bin/npm is provided by package "mricron, npm"
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?su...ords=bin%2Fnpm

/usr/bin/node is provided by "nodejs"
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?su...rds=bin%2Fnode
( /usr/sbin/node : "node".)

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jthill · 12-26-2011, 01:23 PM

The install instructions for nodejs at your link are for a build-from-source install. `configure` usually sets up the makefile install for /usr/local; if you say `type -p node` I'm betting it'll say `/usr/local/bin/node`, or at any rate not `/usr/bin/node`.

So to remove it you'll have to find everything that got installed. `find /usr/local -daystart -ctime 0` or some variation on that should do for a start, you could also try `make -n install` to see what else it does.

flebber · 12-26-2011, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

/usr/bin/npm is provided by package "mricron, npm"
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?su...ords=bin%2Fnpm

/usr/bin/node is provided by "nodejs"
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?su...rds=bin%2Fnode
( /usr/sbin/node : "node".)

.

I haven't used the packages in the ubuntu repository based on the information at the nodejs website which advises currently development is moving to quick to use repository managed packages.
http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/npm list the node package at 0.2.6, however the current stable version is 0.6.6 here http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.6.6/

flebber · 12-26-2011, 05:35 PM

Actually tried find but it doesn't return any results.

Code:

sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~$ find /usr/local -daystart -ctime 0
sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~$ find /usr/local/bin -daystart -ctime 0

You were on the money with the locations though.

Code:

sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~$ type -p node
/usr/local/bin/node
sayth@sayth-TravelMate-5740G:~$ type -p npm
/usr/local/bin/npm

jthill · 12-28-2011, 08:24 AM

apt is built on dpkg, that whole system works on specially-built '.deb' packages that contain lists of the installed files, and other things. You're going to have to find what nodejs and npm installed yourself, depending on just how much you have in /usr/local it might be easiest to start with `find /usr/local -type f`.