install nodejs 4.2 with newer npm

[linquize]

I manually upgrade npm to 3.3.4 which is newer than the one nodejs 4.2 ships (2.14.7).
Will the new npm be preserved or overwritten during upgrade nodejs?
I use Windows 7 64-bit MSI to install nodejs.

[ghost]

The issue tracker isn't a Q&A forum.

[Fishrock123]

Probably overwritten, I think?

There was discussion about having the installer have an option to not install npm, but I'm not sure where it went.

[Trott]

You can try opening an issue in the help repo: https://github.com/nodejs/help/issues

The answer may depend on how it was previously installed etc., but I think it will overwrite npm. However, updating it again should be as easy as npm install -g npm@3.3.4.

[kenany]

By default, npm is installed alongside node in C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs. npm's globally installed packages (including npm if you do npm install -g npm) are stored separately in a user-specific directory (which is currently C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm). Thus, it is possible to end up with two different versions of npm. I believe the msi installer puts C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs before C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\npm in your PATH, so if you run npm --version you will get the version of npm that came with node (this has confused many Windows over at the npm issue tracker, so much so that I usually just point them to this guide).

[jasnell]

Closing. Not an actual issue ;-). @linquize ... no worries, but just for future reference, questions like this are better suited for http://github.com/nodejs/help ;-)