npm: command not found centos 7

Question

I am having centos 7 and already installed npm on my machine but when i try npm command its showing me error as

npm: command not found

[vinit@NL577 ~]$ sudo yum install npm
[sudo] password for vinit: 
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
epel/x86_64/metalink                                                                                                           | 3.5 kB  00:00:00     
 * base: repos.del.extreme-ix.org
 * epel: repos.del.extreme-ix.org
 * extras: repos.del.extreme-ix.org
 * updates: repos.del.extreme-ix.org
adobe-linux-x86_64                                                                                                             | 3.0 kB  00:00:00     
base                                                                                                                           | 3.6 kB  00:00:00     
epel                                                                                                                           | 4.7 kB  00:00:00     
extras                                                                                                                         | 3.4 kB  00:00:00     
google-chrome                                                                                                                  | 1.3 kB  00:00:00     
sublime-text                                                                                                                   | 2.9 kB  00:00:00     
updates                                                                                                                        | 3.4 kB  00:00:00     
Package 1:npm-3.10.10-1.6.16.0.1.el7.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do



[vinit@NL577 ~]$ npm
bash: npm: command not found...

Answer 1

Update the system and install necessary packages

yum install curl sudo

Install Node.js and npm from the NodeSource repository

We will install Node.js v6 LTS and npm from the NodeSource repository which depends on the EPEL repository being available.

To enable the EPEL repository on your CentOS 7 VPS, issue the following command:

sudo yum install epel-release

Once the EPEL repository is enabled run the following command to add the Node.js v6 LTS repository:

curl --silent --location https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_6.x | sudo bash -

Once the NodeSource repository is enabled we can proceed with the Node.js v6 LTS and npm installation:

sudo yum install nodejs

If it doesn't work, try to uninstall NodeJs and repeat all actions.

sudo rm -rf /var/cache/yum
sudo yum remove -y nodejs
sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/nodesource*
sudo yum clean all