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I tried updating npm to see if it would solve some dependency problems we were having, and now I want to downgrade to the version the rest of the development team is using. How can I install an older version?
I updated npm according to the instructions on the About npm CLI versions:
The latest release of
npmThe latest release of
npmis the most recent stable version. When you install Node.js,npmis automatically installed. However,npmis released more frequently than Node.js, so to install the latest stable version ofnpm, on the command line, run:
npm install npm@latest -g
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You can downgrade the npm version by specifying a version in the related commands. If you want to downgrade npm to a specific version, you can use the following command: npm install -g npm@[version. number] where the number can be like 4.9. 1 or 8 or v6.
To downgrade an npm package, run the npm install <package>@<version> command. You need to provide the version you want to install with the @<version> syntax. For example, Vue version 3 introduces a notable amount of breaking changes from Vue 2.
Use npm list [package-name] to know the specific latest version of an installed package. Use npm install [package-name]@[version-number] to install an older version of a package. Prefix a version number with a caret (^) or a tilde (~) to specify to install the latest minor or patch version, respectively.
Just replace @latest with the version number you want to downgrade to. I wanted to downgrade to version 3.10.10, so I used this command:
npm install -g [email protected]
If you're not sure which version you should use, look at the version history. For example, you can see that 3.10.10 is the latest version of npm 3.
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