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JavaScript npm Basics (retiring) Updating and Uninstalling Packages with npm Updating Global Packages with npm

Martina Carrington
Martina Carrington
15,754 Points
Posted by Martina Carrington
Martina Carrington
15,754 Points

Challenge Task 1 of 1 Update the global package npm.

i try npm install update -g and npm install - g i keep getting error

3 Answers

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Hi, Martina, the correct command is

npm update -g npm

Update the global package npm.

It may come as surprise, but npm itself is a global package, and you can use npm to update npm.

Martina Carrington
Martina Carrington
15,754 Points
Martina Carrington
Martina Carrington
15,754 Points

wait so it's not npm install update - g ? how come we have to add a extra npm at end ? Thanks @William Li

William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

how come we have to add a extra npm at end ?

As I've previously said, npm itself is a global package, and the syntax for updating global package is.

npm update -g <package name>

# example
npm update -g express

As to why we need to update npm? Because that's what the code challenge is asking for Update the global package npm.

Keith Gulbro
Keith Gulbro
16,078 Points
Keith Gulbro
Keith Gulbro
16,078 Points

You can also do a global update using a similar but different format:

npm update <package> -g
tinomudaishemurombedzi
tinomudaishemurombedzi
5,784 Points

im still getting an error massage even if i copy and paste this code

Martina Carrington
Martina Carrington
15,754 Points
Martina Carrington
Martina Carrington
15,754 Points

oh ok ! now i got it , Thanks so William Li