Updating the version of Jasmine used in karma-jasmine

Question

Questions

• How can I update the version of Jasmine used when running Jasmine via Karma using the karma-jasmine plugin?
• Will Jasmine only get updated w

Answer 1

You can know the jasmine version you are using by running the following Spec:

describe('Test to print out jasmine version', function() {
  it('prints jasmine version', function() {
    console.log('jasmine-version:');
    console.log(jasmine.version || (jasmine.getEnv().versionString && jasmine.getEnv().versionString()));
  });
});

and then checking the karma output in your console or browser. It should be something like:

LOG: 'jasmine-version:'
LOG: '2.3.4'

The jasmine library is included in the jasmine-runner plugin as you've already found out. You can find the exact place where this file is loaded in the source code of the plugin: https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine/blob/master/lib/index.js (line 7)

You can try to modify the plugin so that an upgrade is possible and send a pull request to karma (see http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/dev/contributing.html)

Answer 2

It a better option to stick to the jasmine version in karma-jasmine and update the whole package. You can use the following command to get the version of all the installed packages:

  npm ls

To get the version of the installed global packages:

  npm ls -g

To view the latest version available on CDN, use:

  npm view karma-jasmine version

Before updating, you can view all versions at the CDN using:

  npm view karma-jasmine versions

To install a specific version:

  npm install karma-jasmine@~0.2.2 

(0.2.2 is the latest available).