npm how to update package to latest version code example
Example 1: use npm to update packages to latest version
npm i -g npm-check-updates
ncu -u
npm install
Example 2: update all dependencies npm
npm update
Example 3: npm update to latest
npm i -g npm@latest
Example 4: how to install latest version of npm package
npm i -g <package name>@latest
npm i -g express@latest
npm outdated
npm update
npm i <package name>@latest
npm update "react" "react-dom"
Example 5: update npm package
Use npm|yarn outdated to see which modules have newer versions
Use npm update|yarn upgrade (without a package name) to update all modules
Include --save-dev|--dev if you want to save the newer version numbers to your package.json. (NOTE: as of npm v5.0 this is only necessary for devDependencies).
Use npm install package@major-version to update to major version