Not seeing latest version when updating Node.js via installer (MSI) Windows 7

Question

I'm trying to update node on my Windows 7 box but I'm not seeing the latest version after I re-install/update node.

I'm just going out to http://nodejs.org/download/ and getting the latest Windows installer, v0.10.28. I then just run that installer where it defaults to installing everything on my local hard drive, including npm, which is cool because I wanted to upgrade that as well.

Install runs/finishes with no apparent problem, but when I do a:

node --version 

I'm still seeing my "old" version, v0.10.15, not the latest I supposedly just installed, v0.10.28. My npm version still reports my "old" version as well.

I've tried rebooting as well.

How the heck does one update node/npm?

Answer 1

I had a similar problem but on MacOS and the reason was I had nvm installed. So running the commands found on most websites:

sudo npm cache clean -f sudo npm install -g n sudo n stable 

didn't work, node -v still displayed the old version. What I did was to install node from nvm:

nvm install v0.12.6 

This will build node from scratch on your machine, and then node -v will display the correct version. I think I could have still used the previous commands by using n and then do nvm use v0.12.6, but this is something to test. If you have nvm installed, just check the commands for nvm to upgrade node.

Answer 2

Answer given by Johan Dettmar about using n will work here as well.

For Windows : open command prompt as administrator

For Linux/Mac : sudo -s on terminal

1. npm cache clean -f (force) clear you npm cache
2. npm install -g n install "n" (this might take a while)
3. n stable upgrade to lastest version