How do I completely uninstall Node.js, and reinstall from beginning (Mac OS X)

Apparently, there was a "/Users/myusername/local" folder that contained a "include" with "node" and "lib" with "node" and "node_modules". How and why this was created instead of in my "/usr/local" folder, I do not know.

Deleting these local references fixed the phantom v0.6.1-pre. If anyone has an explanation, I'll choose that as the correct answer.

EDIT:

To recap, the best way (I've found) to completely uninstall node + npm is to do the following:

go to /usr/local/lib and delete any node and node_modules

go to /usr/local/include and delete any node and node_modules directory

if you installed with brew install node, then run brew
uninstall node in your terminal

check your Home directory for any "local" or "lib" or "include" folders, and delete any "node" or "node_modules" from there

go to /usr/local/bin and delete any node executable

You may need to do the additional instructions as well:

remove: /usr/local/bin/npm

remove: /usr/local/share/man/man1/node.1

remove: /usr/local/lib/dtrace/node.d

Then download nvm and follow the instructions to install node. The latest versions of node come withnpm,
I believe, but you can also reinstall that as well.

转帖：http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11177954/how-do-i-completely-uninstall-node-js-and-reinstall-from-beginning-mac-os-x