How can I update npm on Windows?

Answer 1

1. Start
2. Search for windows powershell
3. Right click and run as administrator
4. Type: where.exe node (returns the path of node.exe in your system. Copy this)
5. wget https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest/win-x64/node.exe -OutFile 'PATH-OF-NODE.EXE_WHICH_YOU_COPIED_JUST_NOW'
6. To check if it has worked, go to your Git bash/Normal command prompt and type: node -v
7. Here you can find the current version of node: https://nodejs.org/en/blog/release/

Answer 2

You can update your npm to the latest stable version with the following command:

 npm install npm@latest -g

Use PowerShell to run it. This command doesn't need windows administrator privileges and you can verify the result with npm -v

Answer 3

The previous answers will work installing a new version of Node.js (probably the best option), but if you have a dependency on a specific Node.js version then the following will work: "npm install npm -g". Verify by running npm -v before and after the command.

Answer 4

I followed @josh3737 and installed the latest MSI from the node.js homepage.

But I had the additional problem that I still had the old node and npm on the command line. The problem was caused by the new installation, that it was installed into

C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\

instead of the previous installation in

C:\Program Files\nodejs\

The new installation added the new directory into my path variable after the old one. So the old installation was still the active one in the path. After removing C:\Program Files\nodejs\ from system path and C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\npm from user path and restarting the command line the new installation was active.

Maybe the least path was a local problem that has nothing to do with the new installation, I had two links to AppData\Roaming\npm in it. And maybe this can also be fixed by first uninstalling node.js and installing the new version afterwards.

Answer 5

How to Update Node.js:

1. Uninstall Node.js. Click the Start menu, type "Change or Remove a Program", click on the item shown, find Node.js in the list and uninstall it.

2. Delete directories, both C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\ and C:\Program Files\nodejs\ if they exist.

3. Install the latest, https://nodejs.org/en/download

    The uninstall/delete/install seems unnecessary, but it often is and this will save your time.     These instructions come from Microsoft.

How to Update NPM:

    https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-windows-upgrade

    This is the official documentation for upgrading npm on windows.

All was tested and working on Windows 10 (2017).

Answer 6

To install the updates, just download the installer from the Nodejs.org site and run it again. The new version of Node.js and NPM will replace the older versions.