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TypeScript - upgrade TypeScript compiler (tsc upgrade)
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In this short article we would like to show how to upgrade TypeScript compiler.
Quick solution:
npm -g upgrade typescript
or upgrade with newest version installation:
npm -g install typescript
Notes:
install
affects jumping to latest version,- use
sudo
under Linux, e.g.
sudo npm -g upgrade typescript
sudo npm -g install typescript
Detailed description
Open terminal do following steps (in some cases as root, superuser or administrator):
- Check TypeScript version with command:
tsc -v
- Run upgrade with command:
under Linux use:npm -g upgrade typescript
where:sudo npm -g upgrade typescript
-g
means global instalation mode - Check TypeScript version again:
tsc -v
Note: presented stemps work on different platforms (Windows, Linux, etc.).
Practical example:
$ tsc -v
Version 3.3.3333
$ npm -g upgrade typescript
C:\Users\john\AppData\Roaming\npm\tsc -> C:\Users\john\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\bin\tsc
C:\Users\john\AppData\Roaming\npm\tsserver -> C:\Users\john\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\typescript\bin\tsserver
+ typescript@3.9.6
updated 1 package in 13.424s
$ tsc -v
Version 3.9.6