How do you reinstall an app's dependencies using npm?

Question

Is there a simple way to reinstall all packages that my app depends on (i.e. they are in my apps node_modules folder)?

Answer 1

npm updated the CLI command for install and added the --force flag.

npm install --force

The --force (or -f) argument will force npm to fetch remote resources even if a local copy exists on disk.

See npm install

Answer 2

Most of the time I use the following command to achieve a complete reinstall of all the node modules (be sure you are in the project folder).

rm -rf node_modules && npm install

You can also run npm cache clean after removing the node_modules folder to be sure there aren't any cached dependencies.

Answer 3

The right way is to execute npm update. It's a really powerful command, it updates the missing packages and also checks if a newer version of package already installed can be used.

Read Intro to NPM to understand what you can do with npm.

Answer 4

You can do this with one simple command:

npm ci

Documentation:

npm ci
Install a project with a clean slate

Answer 5

You can use the reinstall module found in npm.

After installing it, you can use the following command:

reinstall

The only difference with manually removing node_modules folder and making npm install is that this command automatically clear npm's cache. So, you can get three steps in one command.

upd: npx reinstall is a way to run this command without globally installing package (only for npm5+)

Answer 6

As of npm/cli v6.5.0

npm clean-install

Sources:

https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v6.5.0 https://github.com/npm/cli/commit/fc1a8d185fc678cdf3784d9df9eef9094e0b2dec