npm update global package code example

Example 1: npm list global packages

npm list -g --depth 0

Example 2: update global package npm

# you can check which packages are outdated by running
npm outdated -g

# then you can update al of them or a specific one
npm update -g # all
npm update -g <package-name> # specific one

Example 3: how to update my package.json

npm install -g npm-check-updates
/after install run following:
ncu -u

//Then this:
npm update

Example 4: update node.js dependencies

npm install -g npm-check-updates
ncu -u
npm update
npm install

Example 5: npm get latest version of package

npm show {pkg} version

Example 6: 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Use npm|yarn outdated to see which modules have newer versions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