How to solve this problem in npm installation

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:~$ sudo apt-get install npm
[sudo] password for sumith:
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
npm : Depends: node-agent-base but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-aproba but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-archy but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-cacache but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-chalk but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-cli-table3
Depends: node-colors but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-columnify but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-debug but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-emoji-regex
Depends: node-got but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-graceful-fs but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-gyp but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-https-proxy-agent but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-mkdirp but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-ms but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-nopt but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-normalize-package-data but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-npm-package-arg but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-npmlog but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-read-package-json but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-rimraf but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-semver but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-ssri but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-string-width but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-strip-ansi but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-tar but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-validate-npm-package-name but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-which but it is not going to be installed
Depends: node-write-file-atomic but it is not going to be installed
Depends: nodejs:any (>= 10)
Recommends: node-tap but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

How to solve this issue

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Hi,

Try sudo apt-get -f install

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no its not working

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May we know how this problem occurred? If this is an attempt to install Frappe for the first time describe the instructions being followed. If Frappe was already installed and working , then a change to your repos or installation of a package from another source may be causing the problem.

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Hello
I solved it by uninstalling the already existing nodejs and again installed a nodejs v16 and then the npm and g-yarn are installed without any issues. this is worked for me.