npm -v still showing version 2.x.x after installing npm3

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I am starting to use Angular 2, which requires npm 3.x.x, so I installed it with npm install -g npm3. The Angular 2 tutorials tell me to verify that I have npm 3.x.x by running npm -v, however when I run that, it still says I have version 2.15.8. It shows that I have version 3.10.7 if I run npm3 -v, but not if I run npm -v. Is this going to cause errors? Do I need to it to say I'm using version 3.x.x when I run npm -v? If so, what do I need to do?

EDIT: Node.js version: node -v reveals that I am using v4.4.7 (Angular2 requires something between 4.4.x - 5.x.x, so I should be good here)
OS: I am currently using Windows 10 on a PC, but have had the same issue with my Mac.

npm gets installed with node js, what is the version of node you are seeing? if you are using angular-cli you will run into issues with older version of npm. — Madhu Ranjan, Sep 19 '16 at 17:06
I think it is related to this one [http://stackoverflow.com/a/6237400/1181036](http://stackoverflow.com/a/6237400/1181036) — Lucas Katayama, Sep 19 '16 at 17:08
@Sanket has the best answer. How do I mark this as resolved? — Bryan, Sep 19 '16 at 17:30
Possible duplicate of [How do I update node and npm on windows?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18412129/how-do-i-update-node-and-npm-on-windows) — Arif Khan, Sep 19 '16 at 17:31

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '16 at 17:31

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Upgrade npm using this command - npm install -g npm

answered Sep 19 '16 at 17:31

Sanket

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '16 at 17:19

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Maybe this helps:

https://www.google.de/search?q=update+npm+windows

Updating npm with npm itself will store npm.cmd in ../appdata/roaming/. To avoid conflicts with an older npm version you need to remove npm.cmd from C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.cmd

answered Sep 19 '16 at 17:19

Gregor Woiwode

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npm -v still showing version 2.x.x after installing npm3

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