npm -v shows different version from installed verion on OpenSUSE

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I have nodejs and npm installed on OpenSUSE via the package manager. Installed version is 18.17.1

Problem is that npm reports the wrong version while node reports the correct version.

node -v reports the correct version:

node -v
v18.17.1

But, npm -v reports 9.6.7:

npm -v
9.6.7

npm –help ends with this line:

[email protected] /usr/lib64/node_modules/npm18

many years ago before npm was available in the package manager, I installed npm manually. That was installed in /usr/local/

I have removed all the /usr/local npm related files and directories.

I removed all $HOME/.npm directories I am aware of

I did a clean un-install of npm via the package manager

I re-installed npm via the package manager

Any idea why npm still insists on the old version?

Thanks
Andre

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