How do I deal with installing peer dependencies in Angular CLI

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I ve found myself in an almost endless cycle of errors when trying to update my Angular CLI and NPM  Every time I update  I am met with WARN messages telling me to install peer dependencies  see below   but each time I install a dependency  I am met with more WARN messages  Is there a better way of handling this situation or does it seriously take hours   npm WARN  angular animations 5 2 1 requires a peer of  angular core 5 2 1  but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN  angular compiler-cli 5 1 0 requires a peer of typescript  gt  2 4 2   lt 2 6 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN  ng-bootstrap ng-bootstrap 1 0 0-beta 6 requires a peer of   angular core  4 0 3 but none is installed  You must install peer  dependencies yourself  npm WARN  ng-bootstrap ng-bootstrap 1 0 0-beta 6 requires a peer of   angular common  4 0 3 but none is installed  You must install peer  dependencies yourself  npm WARN  ng-bootstrap ng-bootstrap 1 0 0-beta 6 requires a peer of   angular forms  4 0 3 but none is installed  You must install peer  dependencies yourself  npm WARN  schematics angular 0 1 17 requires a peer of  angular- devkit core 0 0 29 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies  yourself  npm WARN  schematics angular 0 1 17 requires a peer of  angular- devkit schematics 0 0 52 but none is installed  You must install peer  dependencies yourself  npm WARN  schematics schematics 0 0 11 requires a peer of  angular- devkit core 0 0 22 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies  yourself  npm WARN angular2-notifications 0 7 4 requires a peer of   angular core  4 0 1 but none is installed  You must install peer  dependencies yourself  npm WARN angular2-notifications 0 7 4 requires a peer of   angular common  4 0 1 but none is installed  You must install peer  dependencies yourself  npm WARN angular2-notifications 0 7 4 requires a peer of  angular platform- browser  4 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies  yourself  npm WARN angular2-notifications 0 7 4 requires a peer of   angular animations  4 0 1 but none is installed  You must install peer  dependencies yourself  npm WARN bootstrap 4 0 0-beta 2 requires a peer of jquery 1 9 1 - 3 but none  is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN bootstrap 4 0 0-beta 2 requires a peer of popper js  1 12 3 but  none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN ng2-toasty 4 0 3 requires a peer of  angular core  2 4 7     4 0 0  but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN ngx-carousel 1 3 5 requires a peer of  angular core  2 4 0      4 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN ngx-carousel 1 3 5 requires a peer of  angular common  2 4 0      4 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN tsickle 0 25 5 requires a peer of typescript  gt  2 4 2  lt 2 6 but none  is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  fsevents 1 1 3   node modules fsevents   npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  Unsupported platform for  fsevents 1 1 3  wanted   os   darwin   arch   any    current     os   win32   arch   x64      I know I must be doing something wrong  but I m new to Angular

User · Answer

You can ignore the peer dependency warnings by using the --force flag with Angular cli when updating dependencies.

ng update @angular/cli @angular/core --force

For a full list of options, check the docs: https://angular.io/cli/update

User · Answer

I found that running the npm install command in the same directory where your Angular project is  eliminates these warnings  I do not know the reason why   Specifically  I was trying to use ng2-completer    npm install ng2-completer --save npm WARN saveError ENOENT  no such file or directory  open  C  Work foo package json  npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock json  You should commit this file  npm WARN enoent ENOENT  no such file or directory  open  C  Work foo package json  npm WARN ng2-completer 3 0 3 requires a peer of  angular common  gt   6 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN ng2-completer 3 0 3 requires a peer of  angular core  gt   6 0 0 but noneis installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN ng2-completer 3 0 3 requires a peer of  angular forms  gt   6 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies yourself  npm WARN foo No description npm WARN foo No repository field  npm WARN foo No README data npm WARN foo No license field    I was unable to compile  When I tried again  this time in my Angular project directory which was in foo foo app  it worked fine   cd foo foo app   npm install ng2-completer --save

User · Answer

Peer dependency warnings  more often than not  can be ignored  The only time you will want to take action is if the peer dependency is missing entirely  or if the version of a peer dependency is higher than the version you have installed   Let s take this warning as an example      npm WARN  angular animations 5 2 1 requires a peer of    angular core 5 2 1  but none is installed  You must install peer   dependencies yourself    With Angular  you would like the versions you are using to be consistent across all packages  If there are any incompatible versions  change the versions in your package json  and run npm install so they are all synced up  I tend to keep my versions for Angular at the latest version  but you will need to make sure your versions are consistent for whatever version of Angular you require  which may not be the most recent    In a situation like this      npm WARN ngx-carousel 1 3 5 requires a peer of  angular core  2 4 0       4 0 0 but none is installed  You must install peer dependencies   yourself    If you are working with a version of Angular that is higher than 4 0 0  then you will likely have no issues  Nothing to do about this one then  If you are using an Angular version under 2 4 0  then you need to bring your version up  Update the package json  and run npm install  or run npm install for the specific version you need  Like this   npm install  angular core 5 2 3 --save   You can leave out the --save if you are running npm 5 0 0 or higher  that version saves the package in the dependencies section of the package json automatically   In this situation      npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY  fsevents 1 1 3     node modules fsevents   npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY    Unsupported platform for  fsevents 1 1 3  wanted     os   darwin   arch   any    current     os   win32   arch   x64      You are running Windows  and fsevent requires OSX  This warning can be ignored   Hope this helps  and have fun learning Angular

User · Answer

NPM package libraries have a section in the package json file named peerDependencies  For example  a library built in Angular 8  will usually list Angular 8 as a dependency   This is a true dependency for anyone running less than version 8   But for anyone running version 8  9 or 10  it s questionable whether any concern should be pursued  I have been safely ignoring these messages on Angular Updates  but then again we do have Unit and Cypress Tests

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