What is the difference between npm install @latest and npm install specific version

[brookhutchinson]

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Versions.

@angular/cli v1.0.0-rc.2
node: 7.6.0
os: Win32 x64 (Windows 10)

Question.

If I want to use npm to install the latest @angular/cli package and @angular/cli v1.0.0-rc2 is the latest released version...
What is the difference between the following npm commands?
npm install @angular/cli@latest
and
npm install @angular@1.0.0-rc2

[grizzm0]

@1.0.0-rc2 will install a specific version while @latest will pull the latest version from npm. In this case they would do the same as 1.0.0-rc2 currently is the latest version.

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