title: Unable to uninstall express in Ubuntu 13.x
body: <p>I have express installed, but it no longer works. When I type 'express' in the terminal I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>bash: /usr/local/bin/express: No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I try and uninstall I get...</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo npm uninstall –g express
  npm WARN uninstall not installed in /home/user/expressApps/sausage/node_modules: "–g"
  npm WARN uninstall not installed in /home/user/expressApps/sausage/node_modules: "express"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Or if I try and re-install I get...</p>
  
  <pre><code>sudo npm install –g express
  npm WARN package.json application-name@0.0.1 No README.md file found!
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/express/3.12.1
  npm http GET https://registry.npmjs.org/%E2%80%93g
  npm http 404 https://registry.npmjs.org/%E2%80%93g
  npm ERR! 404 '%E2%80%93g' is not in the npm registry.
  npm ERR! 404 You should bug the author to publish it
  npm ERR! 404 
  npm ERR! 404 Note that you can also install from a
  npm ERR! 404 tarball, folder, or http url, or git url.
  
  npm ERR! System Linux 3.11.0-24-generic
  npm ERR! command "/usr/bin/nodejs" "/usr/bin/npm" "install" "–g" "express"
  npm ERR! cwd /home/johnmlocklear/expressApps/sausage
  npm ERR! node -v v0.10.15
  npm ERR! npm -v 1.2.18
  npm ERR! code E404
  npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/express/3.12.1
  npm ERR! 
  npm ERR! Additional logging details can be found in:
  npm ERR!     /home/johnmlocklear/expressApps/sausage/npm-debug.log
  npm ERR! not ok code 0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can I get express working again?</p>