Not necessarily. On Arch, npm isn't bundled with the node package. Also, according to the official npm documentation, npm should be installed through nvm, thus

Not necessarily. On Arch, npm isn't bundled with the node package. Also, according to the official npm documentation, npm should be installed through nvm, thus having the ability to specify its version separately from node. https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-an...