There are two type of packages.
This article goes over the global package (for the whole OS).
They are managed with the npm cli.
yar global install package
yarn global add file:%cd%\packages\mypackage
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
info [email protected]: The platform "win32" is incompatible with this module.
info "[email protected]" is an optional dependency and failed compatibility check. Excluding it from installation.
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
success Installed "[email protected]" with binaries:
- mypackage
Done in 27.00s.
npm install -g <package>
yarn global add <package>@version
# or npm
npm update -g <package>@version
To find out which packages need to be updated, you can use
npm outdated -g --depth=0.
yarn global remove now
# or
npm uninstall -g <package>
# List all
yarn global list
npm list -g
# List one
npm list -g <package>
# Example
npm list -g create-react-app