How to resolve "Segmentation fault: 11" error when running nodejs?

Question

I am using Mac OS Yosemite. I use npm install -g n to install the n module to try to upgrade nodejs. Then I run

n stable

But I received an error during the upgrade and it quit unexpectedly.

Then when I type "node -v" I get an error:

Segmentation fault: 11

In fact I get this error when I type npm install and node so literally I can't use node or npm anymore.

What does it mean? how can I get my node.js back? I tried to reinstall it using brew install node but after the install I still get the error.

Answer 1

Remove your node modules folder and try to reinstall. Depending on what version of node you were previously running your modules could need to rebuild for compatibility