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NPM Cheat Sheet

`npm install`	Install missing packages.
`npm list -g --depth=0`	List globally installed packages.
`npm uninstall -g [package_name]`	Uninstall a global package.
`npm outdated`	List outdated packages.
`npm update`	This will update the `package-lock.json` file but not the `package.json` file.

Updating Packages

The easiest way is to use the npm-check-updates package. Yes, that is correct - NPM's update is so bad, you need to use a seperate package to make it work better…

`npm install -g npm-check-updates`	Installs npm-check-updates
`npm-check-updates`	Lists what packages are out of date (basically the same thing as running `npm outdated`)
`npm-check-updates -u`	Updates all the versions in your `package.json` file.
`npm update`	To install the new versions of your packages based on the updated `package.json` file.

For global packages:

npm-check-updates -g Lists what global packages are out of date and gives the command to update them.