npm install - How to update globally installed npm packages

Question

Command: npm outdated -g

Output:

Package           Current  Wanted  Latest  Location

@angular/cli        1.3.1   1.7.4   7.0.5
create-react-app    1.5.2   1.5.2   2.1.1
eslint              5.6.0   5.9.0   5.9.0
expo-cli            2.2.0   2.3.8   2.3.8
gulp-cli            1.4.0   1.4.0   2.0.1
how-to-npm          2.5.0   2.5.1   2.5.1
mocha               3.5.0   3.5.3   5.2.0
nodemon            1.18.3  1.18.6  1.18.6
now                11.4.6  11.5.2  12.0.1
serve              10.0.1  10.0.2  10.0.2
typescript          2.4.2   2.9.2   3.1.6
yarn                1.9.4  1.12.3  1.12.3

How do I update these outdated packages in npm?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53238230/how-to-update-globally-installed-npm-packages

Answer 1

If you want to update all global packages

npm update -g

If you want to update specific global package

npm update -g <package_name>