Thursday 8 August 2019

Commands to Check Ionic, Cordova and Plugin Version

Cordova
see installed version
cordova -v
or
cordova --version
see the latest version available
npm info cordova
to upgrade to latest version
npm update -g cordova
-g means install globally

otherwise need to uninstall and reinstall
npm uninstall -g cordova
npm install -g cordova

Ionic CLI

installed version
ionic -v
or
ionic --version
latest version available
npm info ionic
to upgrade to latest version
npm update -g ionic
-g means install globally

otherwise need to uninstall and reinstall
npm uninstall -g ionic
npm install -g ionic

Plugin of an Cordova app
installed version
npm list thePluginName
latest version available
npm info thePluginName
to upgrade to latest version
npm update thePluginName

otherwise need to uninstall and reinstall

or you can try to use cordova-check-plugins plugin
to add to project
cordova plugin add thePluginName
or
ionic cordova plugin add thePluginName
to remove from project
cordova plugin remove thePluginName
or
ionic cordova plugin remove thePluginName

You can also use
ionic info
command in an App directory to check Ionic CLI, Ionic Framework, Cordova CLI, Platforms, Plugins installed and other information.