sudo npm command not found

Question

While using the latest version of node, 

sudo npm install -g n

I get the error:

sudo: npm: command not found

npm works without sudo when I use:

whereis node

I see:

node: /usr/bin/node /usr/lib/node /usr/bin/X11/node /usr/local/node

Running:

which npm

Shows:

/usr/local/node/bin/npm

I have still been getting the same error. I also looked at the /etc/sudoers file and the relevant line is:

Defaults secure_path="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"

This looks fine to me. How can I possibly get NPM working with the sudo command?

Answer 1

To answer your question, for me, the following line helped me:-

sudo apt-get install npm