Problems updating bower to the latest version

Question

I am using bower ``` $ bower -v 0.9.2 ``` latest version of bower is 1.x.x https://github.com/bower/bower/releases I run to update bower to the latest version ``` npm update -g bower ``` this does not help I still have ``` $ bower -v 0.9.2 ```

Accepted Answer

1) you have to clear npm cache and then update bower

```
sudo npm cache clean
npm update -g bower
```

2) If 1st solution does not help

try to remove and install it again

```
npm -g uninstall bower
npm -g install bower
```

check if it is still here

```
which bower
```

if it will show you something like

```
/usr/local/bin/bower
```

then

```
rm <path from previous command>
```

and after install it again

```
npm -g install bower
```

open new bash window and enjoy latest version of bower

same will help with other packages

Problems updating bower to the latest version

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