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npm deprecate

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Deprecate a version of a package

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Synopsis

    npm deprecate <pkg>[@<version>] <message>

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Description

This command will update the npm registry entry for a package, providing a deprecation warning to all who attempt to install it.

It works on version ranges as well as specific versions, so you can do something like this:

    npm deprecate my-thing@"< 0.2.3" "critical bug fixed in v0.2.3"

Note that you must be the package owner to deprecate something. See the `owner` and `adduser` help topics.

To un-deprecate a package, specify an empty string (`""`) for the `message` argument. Note that you must use double quotes with no space between them to format an empty string.

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See Also

- npm publish
- npm registry

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