If you want to install/upgrade all packages to the latest version and you are running windows you can use this in powershell.exe:
foreach($package in @("animations","common","compiler","core","forms","http","platform-browser","platform-browser-dynamic","router")) {
npm install @angular/$package@latest -E
}
If you also use the cli, you can do this:
foreach($package in @('animations','common','compiler','core','forms','http','platform-browser','platform-browser-dynamic','router', 'cli','compiler-cli')){
iex "npm install @angular/$package@latest -E $(If($('cli','compiler-cli').Contains($package)){'-D'})";
}
This will save the packages exact (-E), and the cli packages in devDependencies (-D)