How to solve JHipster automatically installing a beta instead of stable version?

Question

I ran the command npm install -g generator-jhipster as JHipster's website states on the Homepage at chapter "JHipster Quick Start".

NPM installed version v8.0.0-beta.1. How to get rid of a beta and install the latest stable version?

Answer 1

Thanks to user jonsharpe I could install the "stable" version. The developers would not care and ship a bleeding edge version, though this seems uncommon to me. But it is simple to remove it. If one installs a global version, it it required to remove it using the flag -g. Source: How to Remove a Global Package with npm Uninstall

These steps solved my question:

1. npm uninstall -g generator-jhipster

2. Select a version tag at npm - generator-jhipster

3. npm install -g [email protected]

That's it folks.