How can I update npm itself?

Question

I am trying to update npm itself:

npm uninstall npm -g 

Responds with:

unbuild [email protected] 

But when I go:

npm --version 

I get 1.4.28? How to upgrade the npm itself?

Answer 1

By using this command you can update npm to the latest release by using npm itself :

 npm i -g npm@latest 

Answer 2

You can try this:

cd /usr/lib/node_modules

npm install npm@latest

Edit:

npm install -g npm worked for me.