When I stop the vite live serversail npm run dev of Laravel byctrl + c, the CLI tells me to upgrade npm with this message.

npm notice npm notice New patch version of npm available! 9.6.4 -> 9.6.5npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v9.6.5npm notice Run npm install -g npm@9.6.5 to update!npm notice

Here is a screenshot of the npm upgrade notice.

Upgrade npm inside Laravel Sail Docker environment

You can not just runnpm install -g npm@9.6.5 and upgrade. This is not your docker-contained npm! and if your wanna upgrade bysail npm install -g npm@9.6.5, you don’t have the permissions to upgrade npm like that.

What should I do?

I usesail root-shell to get the Docker environment root shell. Then I usenpm install -g npm@9.6.5. And voila, it works. But ..

Here is a screenshot of steps and commands I used. Yes, it works as you can see on the screenshot below.

But this is not the correct way to upgrade npm inside a docker container (such as Laravel Sail). Thecorrect method to upgrade is to rebuild the docker container.

The correct way to upgrade npm inside Laravel Sail

The correct way to upgrade npm inside Laravel Sail is to modify the dockerfile of the Sail. Use this command to re-build the docker container of the Laravel Sail.

bash vendor/bin/sail build--no-cache

Then check the npm version inside the container to make sure it is uptodate.

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