npm installs incompatible version of nodejs

Bug #1837277 reported by Chris Martin
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
npm (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

Ubuntu 19.04
installing npm also installs nodejs, however the version of npm and node js are incompatible

The version of nmp is 5.8.0
The version of nodejs is 10.15.2

When running "npm install" the following error is produced

npm WARN npm npm does not support Node.js v10.15.2
npm WARN npm You should probably upgrade to a newer version of node as we
npm WARN npm can't make any promises that npm will work with this version.
npm WARN npm Supported releases of Node.js are the latest release of 4, 6, 7, 8, 9.
npm WARN npm You can find the latest version at https://nodejs.org/

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
Package: npm 5.8.0+ds6-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-20.21-generic 5.0.8
Uname: Linux 5.0.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jul 20 18:44:11 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-22 (1914 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: npm
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-05-22 (58 days ago)

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Chris Martin (chris-martin-cc) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in npm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Balázs Úr (urbalazs)
tags: added: eoan
tags: added: focal
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