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Trajce12
Trajce12

Reputation: 331

Why doesn't npm update install the latest nodemon version?

When I install nodemon using:

npm i nodemon

I get of course always the last version which in this case is: 2.0.2,

but if I install an older version for example:

npm i [email protected]

and after that I try npm update, I get the 1.19.4 version but not the last one 2.0.2 just like when I execute npm install nodemon.

Why npm update is not updating in this case to 2.0.2 ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5349

Answers (3)

mohamed eid
mohamed eid

Reputation: 21

I think you installed nodemon globally, but you can updated it locally by trying npm i -g nodemon

Upvotes: 2

Shruti B
Shruti B

Reputation: 128

It depends on your package.json entries for nodemon.

For example if a module has following dependencies:

{
  "dist-tags": { "latest": "1.2.2" },
  "versions": [
    "1.2.2",
    "1.2.1",
    "1.2.0",
    "1.1.2",
    "1.1.1",
    "1.0.0",
    "0.4.1",
    "0.4.0",
    "0.2.0"
  ]
}

And you speicify '^' in package.json file:

"dependencies": {
  "module": "^1.1.1"  //npm update will install [email protected], because 1.2.2 is latest and 1.2.2 satisfies ^1.1.1
}

Or If your version is specified using '~' tas follows:

"dependencies": {
  "module": "~1.1.1" // npm update will install [email protected]. Even though the latest tag points to 1.2.2, this version does not satisfy ~1.1.1, which is equivalent to >=1.1.1 <1.2.0. So the highest-sorting version that satisfies ~1.1.1 is used, which is 1.1.2
}

For more understanding you can follow this documentation: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli-commands/update.html

Upvotes: 1

Federico Moretti
Federico Moretti

Reputation: 584

It depends on the version of npm, but npm update don’t get a newer, major version of the package if it breaks one or more dependecies. In fact, you’re stuck on version 1.x. You can easily use npm i foo to get the very latest version instead with warnings. See https://docs.npmjs.com/cli-commands/update.html for more details, based on the npm version you’re using (and how to get the previous behaviour).

Upvotes: 1

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