[npm] How do I correctly upgrade angular 2 (npm) to the latest version?

If you are looking like me for just updating your project to the latest these is what works form me since Angular 6:

Open the console on your project folder: If you type: ng update then you will get the below message:

        We analyzed your package.json, there are some packages to update:

          Name                               Version                  Command to update
         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          @angular/cli                       7.0.7 -> 7.2.2           ng update @angular/cli
          @angular/core                      7.0.4 -> 7.2.1           ng update @angular/core

There might be additional packages that are outdated.
    Run "ng update --all" to try to update all at the same time.

So I usually go straight and do:

ng update --all

Finally you can check your new version:

ng version

Angular CLI: 7.2.2
Node: 8.12.0
OS: win32 x64
Angular: 7.2.1
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.12.2
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.12.2
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.12.2
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.12.2
@angular-devkit/core              7.2.2
@angular-devkit/schematics        7.2.2
@angular/cli                      7.2.2
@ngtools/webpack                  7.2.2
@schematics/angular               7.2.2
@schematics/update                0.12.2
rxjs                              6.3.3
typescript                        3.2.4
webpack                           4.28.4