latest is the default tag for the latest version of a package on npm.

installs everything from package-lock or package if not found, package.json has priority if in conflict with lock file (in that case package-lock will be updated as well)

--ignore-scripts disables running scripts like postinstall defined in the target package.json, download only

-D as devDependency

-g run command globally

--production install only production dependencies (not devDependencies)

installs or updates"pac" at highest compatible version according to package.json defined range or latest if it is not there yet and will be saved in package.json package-lock

updates "pac" at highest compatible version according to package.json defined range, will be saved in package.json package-lock

Avoid using it, prefer updating 1 by 1 for stability. updates all packages to versions according to package.json defined range. Will be saved in package.json and package-lock

forces install or update "pac" to latest version and will be saved in package.json and package-lock. Check changelogs for compatibility before. Some package have custom tags as well like @preview or @next for example.

overview of outdated packages

Get an overwiew of the package "pac", latest versions, published dates, tags, etc

npm i npm@latest -g or npm i other@latest -g

npm uninstall pac removes pac from node_modules and package.json and packagelock. Alternatively remove a package from package.json manually and npm prune to remove it from node_modules after.