How to find out where npm is in ubuntu?

Question

ubuntu

Faced a problem. you need to specify the path to npm in one application.
I type whereis npm and the path

/home/slava/.nvm/versions/node/v14.17.3/bin/npm is displayed

But if I specify that file in the application or simply if I run

/home/.../.nvm/ in the project folder versions/node/v14.17.3/bin/npm -i

then an error occurs. and in the npm file there is some text in js.

If I do a folder search, I find it in different folders.


and what is the correct way to specify? After all, if you just type npm -v in the console, then it gives the correct version. where does it get this path from?