npm 8

latest is the default tag for the latest version of a package on npm.

npm i

installs everything from package-lock or package if not found, package.json has priority if in conflict with lock file (in that case package-lock will be updated as well)

• --ignore-scripts disables running scripts like postinstall defined in the target package.json, download only
• --production install only production dependencies (not devDependencies)

npm i pac

installs or updates "pac" at highest compatible version according to package.json defined range or latest if it is not there yet and will be saved in package.json package-lock

• -D as devDependency
• -g run command globally

install as an alias

npm i alias@npm:actualused

Allows you to import "alias" in your code while actually importing the "actualused"

npm update pac

updates "pac" at highest compatible version according to package.json defined range, will be saved in package.json package-lock

npm update

Avoid using it, prefer updating 1 by 1 for stability. updates all packages to versions according to package.json defined range. Will be saved in package.json and package-lock

npm i pac@latest

forces install or update "pac" to latest version and will be saved in package.json and package@preview or @next for example.

npm outdated

overview of outdated packages

npm view pac

Get an overview of the package "pac", latest versions, published dates, tags, etc

npm docs pac

Opens the webpage for package "pac"

update npm or other global package to the latest version

npm i npm@latest -g or npm i other@latest -g

npm uninstall

npm uninstall pac removes pac from nodemodules and package.json and packagelock. Alternatively remove a package from package.json manually and npm prune to remove it from nodemodules after.

npm shrinkwrap

Creates npm-shrinkwrap.json that replaces the lockfile. Use it if you want to be sure that the dependencies are the same when the project is installed as a dependency in another project.