Can't uninstall global package - up to date in 0.075s

[Eschon]

I'm opening this issue because:

• [x ] npm is doing something I don't understand.

What's going wrong?

I try to uninstall a global package and it doesn't work. I've found a few similar issues like #16738 but in my case npm doesn't crash it just displays up to date in 0.075s and the global package is still there.

How can the CLI team reproduce the problem?

I have a global installation of stylelint.
When I type npm uninstall -g stylelint I get the message that I mentioned above.
The package is still there.

supporting information:

• npm -v prints: 5.3.0
• node -v prints: v6.3.1
• npm config get registry prints: https://registry.npmjs.org/
• Windows, OS X/macOS, or Linux?: OS X 10.11.6

[gnesher]

Any updates?

[mrzool]

Same issue.

• npm -v: 5.3.0
• node -v: v8.6.0
• Mac OS X 10.11.6

Any pointer?

[jcbp]

Same issue.

npm -v: 5.5.1
node -v: v6.2.0
Windows 7 Professional, Service Pack 1

[zhenizhui]

same problem when I want to "npm -g uninstall pm2"

• npm -v : 5.4.2
• node -v: 8.9.1
• Win 10
• git bash

[EugeneSnihovsky]

Same issue

• npm -v prints: 5.6.0
• node -v prints: v8.6.0
• OS X 10.12.6 Sierra

Eugenes:desktop-app eugene$ npm uninstall -g webdriver-manager
up to date in 0.027s

[blundercode]

Any update on this issue?

[allanpoppe]

Same issue.

npm -v
5.5.1

node -v
v8.9.3

UPDATE
Solved updating npm.

npm install npm@5.6.0 -g

If you have issues updating npm (with and maybe without nvm), see this thread.

[blundercode]

Might not be helpful but a complete uninstall of Node and removal of all my Global packages manually, then getting a fresh install of Node and NPM fixed it for me. Not very useful but it worked for me.

[mtarnovan]

$ npm -v; node -v
5.6.0
v9.2.0

Problem persists for me after upgrading.

[cshg]

This issue appears when the global package you are trying to uninstall does not exist at the path where your current npm version is installed. If you have installed the package with a different version of npm at a different location your current npm version can't find it.
To solve it do the following to find the path to npm and your package:

which npm
which nameofyourpackage

Either your package is not found or at a different location then your current npm installation. for example:

/usr/local/bin/nameofyourpackage
/Users/youruser/.nvm/versions/node/v9.x.x/bin/npm