npm update does not do anything

Question

When I execute this code in my application folder where the package.json is located:

npm update or npm update --save-dev it does not do anything.

But when I do npm outdated is shows many outdated packages.

So how do I update all packages?

OS: Win 10 x64 nodejs: 6.2.2 npm:3.10.7  package.json  {   "name": "tgb-frontend",   "version": "0.0.0",   "license": "MIT",   "angular-cli": {},   "scripts": {     "start": "ng serve",     "lint": "tslint \"src/**/*.ts\"",     "test": "ng test",     "pree2e": "webdriver-manager update",     "e2e": "protractor"   },   "private": true,   "dependencies": {     "@angular/common": "2.0.0",     "@angular/compiler": "2.0.0",     "@angular/core": "2.0.0",     "@angular/forms": "2.0.0",     "@angular/http": "2.0.0",     "@angular/platform-browser": "2.0.0",     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "2.0.0",     "@angular/router": "3.0.0",     "core-js": "^2.4.1",     "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.12",     "ts-helpers": "^1.1.1",     "zone.js": "^0.6.23"   },   "devDependencies": {     "@types/jasmine": "^2.2.30",     "angular-cli": "1.0.0-beta.14",     "codelyzer": "~0.0.26",     "jasmine-core": "2.4.1",     "jasmine-spec-reporter": "2.5.0",     "karma": "1.2.0",     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^2.0.0",     "karma-cli": "^1.0.1",     "karma-jasmine": "^1.0.2",     "karma-remap-istanbul": "^0.2.1",     "protractor": "4.0.5",     "ts-node": "1.2.1",     "tslint": "3.13.0",     "typescript": "2.0.2"   } } 

Running npm update --dd result in the follow extraction output:

npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.490813,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/protractor from cache npm verb get saving protractor to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\protractor\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/zone.js npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   etag: '"CEIBQS48U3970DBBLVY9BS6AW"', npm verb headers   age: '128', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1222-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.490820,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/zone.js from cache npm verb get saving zone.js to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\zone.js\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/karma-chrome-launcher npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   etag: '"4F85C0FZBMRDOTDFPHJMQZBM8"', npm verb headers   age: '59', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1231-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.492537,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/karma-chrome-launcher from cache npm verb get saving karma-chrome-launcher to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\karma-chrome-launcher\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/karma-remap-istanbul npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   etag: '"BYUZKVHQIHLVUT104GP509OFK"', npm verb headers   age: '268', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1221-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.490957,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/karma-remap-istanbul from cache npm verb get saving karma-remap-istanbul to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\karma-remap-istanbul\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/tslint npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   etag: '"CWO8LZOC4DK34K142T9LWM1RX"', npm verb headers   age: '10', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1248-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.490976,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/tslint from cache npm verb get saving tslint to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\tslint\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-spec-reporter npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   etag: '"1TKJPMC6QAX7DTKI3RCPOWB33"', npm verb headers   age: '59', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1235-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.496023,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/jasmine-spec-reporter from cache npm verb get saving jasmine-spec-reporter to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\jasmine-spec-reporter\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   etag: '"BTWWBQ9R8BXMY0349REWK133W"', npm verb headers   age: '252', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1227-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '9', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.501994,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/typescript from cache npm verb get saving typescript to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\typescript\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/karma-jasmine npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   etag: '"36V4PLV1VKGDW8C5GXL8K8BVH"', npm verb headers   age: '211', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1240-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.498463,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/karma-jasmine from cache npm verb get saving karma-jasmine to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\karma-jasmine\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/karma npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   etag: '"9B0FRZQ5V9W9AIXWF98UVSM6C"', npm verb headers   age: '97', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1224-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.501606,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/karma from cache npm verb get saving karma to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\karma\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir already in flight; waiting npm http 200 https://registry.npmjs.org/karma-cli npm verb headers { server: 'CouchDB/1.5.0 (Erlang OTP/R16B03)', npm verb headers   etag: '"BZP1VT7P2AOLYBNMO7N10ESCI"', npm verb headers   'content-type': 'application/json', npm verb headers   'content-encoding': 'gzip', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=300', npm verb headers   'content-length': '2902', npm verb headers   'accept-ranges': 'bytes', npm verb headers   date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   age: '56', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1233-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'HIT', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '1', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.496210,VS0,VE0', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb get saving karma-cli to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\karma-cli\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fforms npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=0', npm verb headers   etag: '"EAEQ3H227F67DKL54RON412OW"', npm verb headers   age: '0', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1238-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.485421,VS0,VE259', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fforms from cache npm verb get saving @angular/forms to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40angular_252fforms\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fplatform-browser-dynamic                                                                                             npm verb headers { 'cache-control': 'max-age=0', npm verb headers   'accept-ranges': 'bytes', npm verb headers   date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1250-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.475204,VS0,VE419', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fplatform-browser-dynamic from cache npm verb get saving @angular/platform-browser-dynamic to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40angular_252fplatform-browser-dynamic\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fplatform-browser                                                                                                           npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=0',                                                                                                                               npm verb headers   etag: '"6KULKVAP2JLLHXUR9G1MKEWBH"', npm verb headers   age: '0', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1247-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.481265,VS0,VE428', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fplatform-browser from cache npm verb get saving @angular/platform-browser to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40angular_252fplatform-browser\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing                                                                        [..................] | : verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2frouter npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=0', npm verb headers   etag: '"E37EYJC1EI89JHFLMFG79P1B1"', npm verb headers   age: '0', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1247-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.481239,VS0,VE452', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2frouter from cache npm verb get saving @angular/router to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40angular_252frouter\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2fjasmine npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=0', npm verb headers   etag: '"5970JWNJE5EMJ1LQCUJLDE51A"', npm verb headers   age: '0', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1249-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.480305,VS0,VE717', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@types%2fjasmine from cache npm verb get saving @types/jasmine to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40types_252fjasmine\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcommon npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=0', npm verb headers   etag: '"5T3TIRLH7GIKTLAUE8ASZODQP"', npm verb headers   age: '0', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1237-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.478583,VS0,VE741', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcommon from cache npm verb get saving @angular/common to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40angular_252fcommon\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcompiler npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=0', npm verb headers   etag: '"7SNBRHEXD0EH21E7G01GBSPZ0"', npm verb headers   age: '0', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1232-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.485587,VS0,VE764', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcompiler from cache npm verb get saving @angular/compiler to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40angular_252fcompiler\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcore npm verb headers { date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:10 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   'cache-control': 'max-age=0', npm verb headers   etag: '"4J1XWC967WZ1FEYDRY04JS2DN"', npm verb headers   age: '0', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1245-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.482388,VS0,VE783', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fcore from cache npm verb get saving @angular/core to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40angular_252fcore\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm http 304 https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fhttp npm verb headers { 'cache-control': 'max-age=0', npm verb headers   'accept-ranges': 'bytes', npm verb headers   date: 'Wed, 28 Sep 2016 21:45:11 GMT', npm verb headers   via: '1.1 varnish', npm verb headers   connection: 'keep-alive', npm verb headers   'x-served-by': 'cache-fra1230-FRA', npm verb headers   'x-cache': 'MISS', npm verb headers   'x-cache-hits': '0', npm verb headers   'x-timer': 'S1475099110.484580,VS0,VE784', npm verb headers   vary: 'Accept-Encoding' } npm verb etag https://registry.npmjs.org/@angular%2fhttp from cache npm verb get saving @angular/http to C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\registry.npmjs.org\_40angular_252fhttp\.cache.json npm verb correctMkdir C:\Users\elisabeth\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache correctMkdir not in flight; initializing npm verb outdated not updating @angular/common because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating @angular/compiler because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating @angular/core because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating @angular/forms because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating @angular/http because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating @angular/platform-browser because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating @angular/platform-browser-dynamic because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating @angular/router because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating angular-cli because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating codelyzer because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating jasmine-core because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating jasmine-spec-reporter because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating karma because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating protractor because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating ts-node because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating tslint because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb outdated not updating typescript because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range npm verb exit [ 0, true ] npm info ok 

Answer 1

The npm update --dd output says why at the end:

...not updating @angular/common because it's currently at the maximum version that matches its specified semver range

Look at this specific package, angular/common. You have it set to 2.0.0, which means npm will always fetch that specific version. If you want the package to update, you need to use a semver range. You can view a comprehensive list of semver ranges here, but the most commonly used are probably ~ and ^.

~ means that the patch version will update. So if you have version ~1.2.1, it will update to any 1.2.x, but never to 1.3.0.

^ updates the minor version, so if you have ^1.2.1, it will update to any 1.x.x release, but never to 2.0.0.

Answer 2

If npm [-g] outdated shows outdated packages outside of the semver range (e.g. a major update), the update command cannot be used to update these packages.

To install the latest version, explicitly specify the package with

npm install [-g] <package>