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    <p>I am trying to reinstall node. I was screwing around a little bit trying to download a newer version.</p> <p>So to uninstall I cleared out the node and node_module parts inside <code>usr/local/bin/ and usr/local/src</code></p> <p>Following these instructions</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/joysent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager#ubuntu-mint" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/joysent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager#ubuntu-mint</a></p> <p>When I run </p> <pre><code>xx.x@x:~/src/node-v0.10.18$ checkinstall </code></pre> <p>I get </p> <pre><code>dpkg: regarding .../node_0.10.18-1_i386.deb containing node: nodejs conflicts with node node (version 0.10.18-1) is to be installed. node provides node and is to be installed. dpkg: error processing /home/hassan/src/node-v0.10.18/node_0.10.18-1_i386.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing node Errors were encountered while processing: /home/hassan/src/node-v0.10.18/node_0.10.18-1_i386.deb (END) </code></pre> <p>I am not sure what else I should be doing. I tried a few other things. </p> <p>:(</p> <p>More details</p> <p>This is what shows up on the command line</p> <pre><code>Copying files to the temporary directory...OK Stripping ELF binaries and libraries...OK Compressing man pages...OK Building file list...OK Building Debian package...OK Installing Debian package... FAILED! *** Failed to install the package Do you want to see the log file? [y]: y *** SIGINT received *** Restoring overwritten files from backup...OK Cleaning up...OK Bye. </code></pre> <p>OH I solved it! I deleted all of the node related files through synaptic !! :D!</p>
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