title: How to remove Homebridge on Raspberry Pi
body: <p>How can I remove Homebridge from a Raspberry Pi 3.  I have attempted the following without any luck.</p>
  
  <pre><code>pi@Development:~ $ sudo npm uninstall homebridge
  npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
  npm WARN pi No description
  npm WARN pi No repository field.
  npm WARN pi No README data
  npm WARN pi No license field.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have also attempted to remove it not as sudo.  A much longer result but still no luck.</p>
  
  <pre><code>pi@Development:~ $ npm uninstall homebridge
  npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/pi/package.json'
  npm WARN pi No description
  npm WARN pi No repository field.
  npm WARN pi No README data
  npm WARN pi No license field.
  npm ERR! Linux 4.4.21-v7+
  npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "uninstall" "homebridge"
  npm ERR! node v7.3.0
  npm ERR! npm v4.0.5
  npm ERR! path /home/pi/node_modules/.staging
  npm ERR! code EACCES
  npm ERR! errno -13
  npm ERR! syscall mkdir
  npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/node_modules/.staging'
  npm ERR! { Error: EACCES: permission denied, mkdir '/home/pi/node_modules/.staging'
  npm ERR! errno: -13,
  npm ERR! code: 'EACCES',
  npm ERR! syscall: 'mkdir',
  npm ERR! path: '/home/pi/node_modules/.staging' }
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Please try running this command again as root/Administrator 
  npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
  npm ERR! /home/pi/npm-debug.log
  </code></pre>