Updating Nodejs version never works!

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@phenomlab
The locate command gave 20pages of output, here is first few lines

And last ones ...

I can see node-v16.13.0 mentioned in the middle pages of output, which would make more sense as current version, as v12 was long time ago.
But v12 is what --version says!

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Off topic but I tried to see whats in etc directory
Theres an environment file which seems to have duplicated words?!,
cat environment gives:
PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/sr/local/games:/snap/bin"

And then in directory called environment.d, with two files

90atk-adaptor.conf 90gt-a11y.conf

Nothing with any paths related to NodeJs

[phenomlab]

@eeeee yes, as I suspected. Can you provide the output of nvm list?

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@phenomlab
Im trying to upload photo but it keeps saying unsuported file format for my jpg !
So thats another issue to come back to

But nvm list
-> v18.6.0

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Trying photo again...
This time it worked,

Its not picking up v18 though as I tried a small index.js file with the fetch command and its not recognised. And I know native fetch was introduced in v18

[phenomlab]

@eeeee I'd expect more output than that, but try
nvm use v18.6.0 followed by node --version

Edit - however, that does look very much like 18.6.0 is already the default.

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@phenomlab i typed
nvm use v18.6.0

And it said
N/A: version "v18.6.0 -> N/A" is not yet installed

So i did nvm install v18.6.0 and its says now using node v18.6.0
But nodejs --version still says 12.22.9

[phenomlab]

@eeeee try nvm use stable

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@phenomlab
Just done, it said now using v18.16.0
But
Still says v12 !

[phenomlab]

@eeeee that can only be path related.

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@phenomlab yes one of the tutorials said to delete Path which i tried
How can i put new Path in?

[phenomlab]

@eeeee have you considered removing the older versions? They will be vulnerable anyway and should be removed unless you have an app that depends on old code

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@phenomlab i thought I had removed older ones. Im keen to clear them out
What should i type?

[phenomlab]

@eeeee they are all still listed.

You should be able to uninstall a specific node version with (example)

nvm uninstall 8.16.2

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@phenomlab
Well I dont know why, as Ive never installed loads of older versions!
How can I remove them?

[phenomlab]

@eeeee see above post

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@phenomlab ok how do i know what versions are installed, so i can uninstall?
I tried
nvm unistall 4.9.1
and nvm uninstall 8.16.2
But it says N/A version is not installed

Even says 16.13.0 not installed (which I saw listed in that output)
You said they are still listed, but where?
nvm list only has 18.16.0 in green?

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@phenomlab
It even says 12.22.9 not installed even though its the --version given!!!

[phenomlab]

@eeeee I think I might need to look at this directly if that works for you. You have a user account over at Sudonix.com, so could you contact me there to save clogging up this site?

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Just as an update, incase anyone else with same issue looks up this thread...
I was totally unaware that nodejs and node are two different commands
I should have been doing node --version, as this is what nodeBB uses !
Thanks @phenomlab for sorting it all out