Not able to install npm on Ubuntu

+2 votes

I am trying to install using this command:

sudo apt-get install npm

But I am getting this error:

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree      

Reading state information... Done

Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have

requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable

distribution that some required packages have not yet been created

or been moved out of Incoming.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:


The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 npm : Depends: node-gyp (>= 0.10.9) but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Nov 28, 2018 in Linux Administration by digger
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1 answer to this question.

+2 votes

Try installing npm using aptitude:

sudo apt install aptitude
sudo aptitude install npm
answered Nov 28, 2018 by Omkar
• 69,220 points
I am unable to install npm to linux what is the reason
Hi,

There may be many reasons behind this. If possible, paste your error that you are getting.

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