How to update nativescript cli

Question

Nativescript 5 is out and I am trying to update the tns version. Currently it tns --version shows as 4.3.2.

I followed all the steps in https://docs.nativescript.org/releases/upgrade-instructions but it still gives me the version as 4.3.2.

How can I upgrade nativescript-cli so that tns --version shows me the latest version.

Answer 1

I did following to reflect the update Nativescript cli. You should only follow this when npm install -g nativescript@latest doesn't reflect update the cli. You can check that using tns --version before and after.

1. Uninstall current nativescript cli using npm uninstall -g nativescript
2. Delete the existing tns command manuall if it still exist on your machine.
3. Install the latest Nativescript cli using npm install -g nativescript@latest
4. tns --version should now show the latest version.

Answer 2

How I did update tns:

1. run cmd as administrator (you using windows as i read above in one of comments)
2. (optional) run npm view nativescript version to check latest aveilable on npm
3. run tns install -g nativescript
4. restart cmd
5. run tns --version - hopefully you will see 5.0.0

hope this helps.

Btw, you might need to run some additional commands for your projects if you already added platforms tns platform remove {platform}

tns platform add {platform}, where {platform} is android or ios

...also, you might run tns doctor after upgrading as I noticed it broke my other components like choco.