Pardon my newbie question but what is the best way to update homebridge to the latest version? I searched and found the command npm update --depth 9999 -g homebridge but that doesn't do anything.
Thanks!
junior466
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Vou can update homebridge (or other npms) by simply running the install command again. At least that is the way I normally do this. So...
npm install -g homebridge
should do it. Maybe with a sudo. Depends on your setup and how you installed it
skrollme
on 18 Jul 2017
I installed it originally with
sudo npm install -g --unsafe-perm homebridge so just run that again? Won't it overwrite my current config?
junior466
on 18 Jul 2017
Simply run sudo npm install -g homebridge (without the --unsafe-perm). This will update your homebridge setup. Of course you can save your config before. Just make a backup of the config-file in the .homebridge directory.
skrollme
on 19 Jul 2017
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Simply run
sudo npm install -g homebridge(without the --unsafe-perm). This will update your homebridge setup. Of course you can save your config before. Just make a backup of the config-file in the .homebridge directory.