NPM install from github using a tag

Question

I need to do a npm install into my angular2 project from git but using a tag which is tag = 6.0.0.

e.g.

git [email protected]:akveo/ng2-smart-table.git
cd ng2-smart-table
git checkout tags/v0.6.0-0

How would I do the equivalent of :

  npm install --save PACKAGE_NAME




npm install [email protected]:akveo/ng2-smart-table.git#v0.6.0-0 
npm ERR! Darwin 16.4.0
npm ERR! argv "/usr/local/Cellar/node/6.5.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "install" "[email protected]:akveo/ng2-smart-table.git#v0.6.0-0"
npm ERR! node v7.0.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.10.8

npm ERR! Unsupported URL Type: github.com:akveo/ng2-smart-table.git#v0.6.0-0
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:

Answer 1

NPM allows installation using commit-ish tags on GitHub:

npm install <git remote url>

for example:

npm install git+ssh://[email protected]:npm/npm.git#v1.0.27
npm install git+https://[email protected]/npm/npm.git
npm install git://github.com/npm/npm.git#v1.0.27

Note that you need to specify the protocol in the url, e.g. git+https://.

Documentation: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install

Answer 2

Another option from the npm docs:

As of version 1.1.65, you can refer to GitHub urls as just "foo": "user/foo-project". Just as with git URLs, a commit-ish suffix can be included.

These 2 commands install the same tag v0.6.0-0 of the akveo/ng2-smart-table github repo (tested npm version 5.4.2)

npm install akveo/ng2-smart-table#v0.6.0-0

npm install github:akveo/ng2-smart-table#v0.6.0-0