I installed the @angular/cli package via npm using:
npm install -g @angular/cli
The version 1.4.2 of @angular/cli has been successfully installed. That is not the Angular version, but the CLI version.
After running ng new myapp how can I check which Angular version the created app is using? 2.x, 4.x?
19 Answers
ng version
You installed angular cli globally (-g in the command). This means that you can type ng version into your command prompt. It may be more precise to do this when your command prompt is not within a npm controlled directory (you should type this in within directory you typed ng new myapp).
A note to those who got here from Google: ng version will let you know which (coarse) version of Angular is referenced by the current directory.
e.g. This directory appears to have angular 4.x (~4.3.0) installed.
@angular/cli: 1.2.1
node: 8.11.1
os: win32 x64
@angular/common: 4.3.0
@angular/compiler: 4.3.0
@angular/core: 4.3.0
@angular/forms: 4.3.0
@angular/http: 4.3.0
@angular/platform-browser: 4.3.0
@angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 4.3.0
@angular/router: 4.3.0
@angular/cli: 1.2.1
@angular/compiler-cli: 4.3.0
If you are not within a directory which has a packages.config, then you will get Angular: ....
For Angular 1 or 2 (but not for Angular 4+):
You can also open the console and go to the element tab on the developer tools of whatever browser you use.
Or
Type angular.version to access the Javascript object that holds angular version.
