Im not sure why but the output from the commands are as follows. I have been trying to download npm but cant seem to. Was wondering if node was renamed at install due to naming conflict(wouldn't think so because node is not found but was always curious what would happen if two packages had the same name?) or if this is a bogus install package? nodejs command works as expected. Brings up the JavaScript cli interface.node -v command not found. nodejs -v v0.10.29Not sure what to do? Should I remove nodejs and reinstall. Advice is appreciated. Update: I made a live usb and booted it. Ran the commands above. Same output. Im thinking that nodejs is a fork designed for kali. Not positive but comes pre-installed. I have decided not to remove it and to install node and npm separately. 
kali 2.0 it seems as though node was renamed nodejs
kali linux;node.js