Meteor-Bootstrap jQuery wrong version

Question

I do have the following message in the console:

Uncaught Error: Bootstrap's JavaScript requires at least jQuery v1.9.1 but less than v3.0.0

In .meteor > version file it says it's [email protected].

• I did tried to meteor remove and the install again both jquery and boostrap separately.
• Also tried to manualy change current version in .meteor version file to 1.9.1 first in terminal it says:
  jquery upgraded from 1.9.1 to 1.11.9
  But after server restart the current version is back to 1.11.9

What can be done to retrieve the favor of the javascript gods?

Answer 1

This may happen when you have other npm packages with jQuery dependency defined as >= 1.9.1

In that case, if no other package defines a more strict version, npm will automatically take the most recent version that complies with this dependency specification, i.e. jQuery 3+ in that case.

If you are in that situation, a simple workaround is to add a more strict version specification in your package.json file, e.g. "jquery": ">=1.9.1 <3.0.0"

Answer 2

A few google searches got me here: https://forums.meteor.com/t/meteor-and-bootstrap-doesnt-work-error-bootstraps-javascript-requires-jquery/15597/8

What it says is:

1. Add the jquery package back in: meteor add jquery

2. Remove bootstrap everywhere you have it (all locations - so completely remove the bootstrap directory in your project root, remove it from the js directory in your project root, and remove it from your client/lib directory).

3. Remove jquery everywhere you have it (all locations - so remove it from your client/lib directory and your js directory).

4. Remove the references to Bootstrap and jQuery in your index.html - so completely remove: <script type="text/javascript" src="client/lib/a_jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="client/lib/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

What happens when you follow those steps?