How to fix upgrade npm ERR code EEXIST in nodejs
Error logs
let assumed your log errors like below:
D:\bin\node>npm i -g npm@8
npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! path D:\bin\node\windows\npm.cmd
npm ERR! Refusing to delete D:\bin\node\windows\npm.cmd: is outside D:\bin\node\windows\node_modules\npm and not a link
npm ERR! File exists: D:\bin\node\windows\npm.cmd
npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm
npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\dimas\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2023-05-06T06_11_27_051Z-debug.log
D:\bin\node>npm install -g --force npm
npm WARN using --force I sure hope you know what you are doing.
npm ERR! code EEXIST
npm ERR! path D:\bin\node\windows\npm.cmd
npm ERR! Refusing to delete D:\bin\node\windows\npm.cmd: is outside D:\bin\node\windows\node_modules\npm and not a link
npm ERR! File exists: D:\bin\node\windows\npm.cmd
npm ERR! Remove the existing file and try again, or run npm
npm ERR! with --force to overwrite files recklessly. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! C:\Users\dimas\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2023-05-06T06_13_54_211Z-debug.logStep how to fix
go to your nodejs root directory
example of my nodejs root directory at D:\bin\node\windows
delete npm, npm.cmd, npx, npx.cmd
delete npm, npm.cmd, npx, npx.cmd in nodejs root directory
open terminal/cmd and enable corepack
corepack enableupgrade npm using yarn
yarn dlx npm i -g npmwait until process completed.
Conclusion
After the upgrade process using yarn above, npm will automatically be updated.