node.js - In WSL2: Ubuntu 20.04 for Windows 10 nodejs is installed but npm is not working

Question

I am using WSL2: Ubuntu 20.04 in my Windows 10 operating system. I have installed nodejs using the command sudo apt-get install -y nodejs when I do node -v command I get v12.18.3

mrd@DESKTOP-2EO5K4H:/mnt/c/Users/musfi$ node -v
v12.18.3

but when I do npm -v command I get this below command

mrd@DESKTOP-2EO5K4H:/mnt/c/Users/musfi$ npm -v
-bash: /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

I also do whereis command. Hope this will help to find solution.

mrd@DESKTOP-2EO5K4H:/mnt/c/Users/musfi$ whereis node
node: /usr/bin/node /usr/include/node /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/node.exe /usr/share/man/man1/node.1.gz

mrd@DESKTOP-2EO5K4H:/mnt/c/Users/musfi$ whereis npm
npm: /usr/bin/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm /mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/npm.cmd /usr/share/man/man1/npm.1

I have tried almost all the stackoverflow solutions and github issues but nothing is worked for me.
Hope any kind soul has the solution to this problem. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try this

export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin
sudo apt install npm