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Would someone please explain the difference between ng update in Angular 6 and npm update?
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The npm install installs all modules that are listed on package. json file and their dependencies. npm update updates all packages in the node_modules directory and their dependencies.
What are NG and NPM? - Quora. NPM is basically a package manager which acts as a dependency provider. Similarly, YARN is another such example. NPM contains and manages many packages and modules, and NG is one such module which is a core module of Angular.
Syntax. ng update command updates the application and its dependencies.
Whereas npm install <package> will only install your package into your project but will not configure in order to use. So, you mean a command like, ng add <package > will configure the package in angular-cli. json as well.
The update of the NPM means the update node package manager to the latest version. The update of NPM updates the Node.js and modules to the latest version. Syntax: npm update [-g] [<pkg>...] Here, -g refers to global and pkg refers to package.
sudo npm upgrade -g - it's an alias for update command. sudo npm install -g npm - installs the latest available version of npm package. sudo npm cache clean -f && sudo npm install -g n && sudo n stable - cleans the npm cache, installs n (node version manager) and the latest available node.js and npm.
Here, -g refers to global and pkg refers to package. Method 1:Using npm updatecommand to update the node package manager. npm update -g Method 2:Using npm@latestcommand to update the node package manager. npm install npm@latest -g Method 3:Using PPA repository (only for Linux).
If there are many small packages, required to build a large one, NPM is the one hotspot which will provide us with the packages. Angular-CLI is one of those packages. As far as NG is concerned, it is the core module of Angular. What is the difference between NuGet and NPM? NuGET is used to manage .NET project packages.
ng update: Updates the current application to latest versions.
Just like Web and the entire web ecosystem, Angular is continuously improving. Angular balances continuous improvement with a strong focus on stability and making updates easy. Keeping your Angular app up-to-date enables you to take advantage of leading-edge new features, as well as optimizations and bug fixes.
This document contains information and resources to help you keep your Angular apps and libraries up-to-date.
npm update: This command will update all the packages listed to the latest version (specified by the tag config), respecting semver.
It will also install missing packages. As with all commands that install packages, the --dev flag will cause devDependencies to be processed as well.
If the -g flag is specified, this command will update globally installed packages.
If no package name is specified, all packages in the specified location (global or local) will be updated.
As of [email protected], the npm update will only inspect top-level packages. Prior versions of npm would also recursively inspect all dependencies. To get the old behavior, use npm --depth 9999 update.
As of [email protected], the npm update will change package.json to save the new version as the minimum required dependency. To get the old behavior, use npm update --no-save.
sources:
https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/wiki/update
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/update
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