package.json for globally installed packages

Question

I'm trying to update my nuclide-server. The output of sudo npm update -g nuclide --verbose is:

$ sudo npm update -g --dev nuclide --verbose
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm verb cli [ '/usr/bin/nodejs',
npm verb cli   '/usr/bin/npm',
npm verb cli   'update',
npm verb cli   '-g',
npm verb cli   '--dev',
npm verb cli   'nuclide',
npm verb cli   '--verbose' ]
npm info using [email protected]
npm info using [email protected]
npm verb request uri https://registry.npmjs.org/nuclide
npm verb request no auth needed
npm info attempt registry request try #1 at 11:02:17 AM
npm verb request id bf1180b825d1a807
npm verb etag W/"590a3387-6633d"
npm verb lastModified Wed, 03 May 2017 19:46:15 GMT
npm http request GET https://registry.npmjs.org/nuclide
npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/nuclide
npm verb headers { date: 'Fri, 12 May 2017 11:02:17 GMT',
npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish',
npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300',
npm verb headers   etag: 'W/"590a3387-6633d"',
npm verb headers   age: '132',
npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive',
npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-syd1625-SYD',
npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT',
npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1',
npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1494586937.425880,VS0,VE0',
npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' }
npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/nuclide from cache
npm verb get saving nuclide to /home/daniel/.npm/registry.npmjs.org/nuclide/.cache.json
npm verb correctMkdir /home/daniel/.npm correctMkdir not in flight; initializing
npm verb outdated not updating nuclide because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range
npm verb exit [ 0, true ]
npm info ok

Searching Google hasn't turned anything up to help this, they all refer to a package.json and changing some stuff in there, but I don't have a package.json (probably because I'm installing this globally). How do I find the config or do something else to just allow me to update my nuclide package?

System info:

• Ubuntu 16.04
• npm version: 4.2.0
• node version: v7.9.0
• Current nuclide version: 217

Answer 1

The package.json config your looking for is wherever you installed node orginally, on windows it's at /usr/local. On unix systems it can be found via usr/local/lib/node or /usr/local/lib/node_modules.

you can alternatively run sudo npm root -g to find where your installtion.

Furthermore it can be found by following the links to the nodejs application which will take you to your installation folder. These links are made after a successful instillation.

Afterwhich you can remove the remove/update the dependancy within package.jsonand run npm i -g again.

Specifically on your version your installation folder is /usr/local/lib/node_modules.