# Latest dashboard (2.28.2) not installing - I think
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806
**Category:** General
**Created:** [7 April 2021 09:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806 "2021-04-07T09:59:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [8 April 2021 07:16 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/21 "2021-04-08T07:16:37Z")
I don't believe that is the log from running
`npm install node-red-dashboard`
but we will let that pass. It appears to be trying to install node-red-node-serialport version 0.6.8 which is three years old. Perhaps it is not surprising that there are problems.
Which version of node-red are you using?
In the last post I suggested uninstalling node-red-node-serialport if you are not using it. Did you try that?
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### Author:  [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [9 April 2021 09:09 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/22 "2021-04-09T09:09:51Z")
Well, from the best of my knowledge it is.
I tried from the GUI and it failed.
I was told to do it from the CLI and so I did.
When I did, there was a message at the bottom something about errors/problems.
I copied it to the RasPi's `public` directory and accessed it from here.
No, haven't uninstalled it yet. Not that I don't want to. Just there is a lot of other stuff happening just now.
And I am going away for a few days soon, so no computers. ☹
But when I get back and have other things under control it will be done.
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### Author:  [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [9 April 2021 21:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/23 "2021-04-09T21:02:08Z")
Interesting _twist_.
For the sake of it, I have a bit of free time.
Looked at that machine's GUI.
This is what I see.
No `serial.port` node.
Hmmm...
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [9 April 2021 21:14 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/24 "2021-04-09T21:14:58Z")
That is because it would not install (which we knew), but it is present in package.json which is why npm keeps trying to install it. Uninstall it from the command line which should remove any artefacts from node\_modules and remove it from package.json.
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### Author:  [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [9 April 2021 21:26 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/25 "2021-04-09T21:26:55Z")
the command is `remove` - yes?
as in:
`npm remove node-red-node-serialport`
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### Author:  [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)
#### Post date: [9 April 2021 21:43 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/26 "2021-04-09T21:43:44Z")
> [@Trying\_to\_learn](#):
>
> the command is `remove` - yes?
The command is uninstall, as in `npm uninstall node-red-node-serialport`
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### Author:  [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)
#### Post date: [9 April 2021 21:59 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/27 "2021-04-09T21:59:47Z")
Oops. The exact terms become confusing when using different programs.
Thanks Paul.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [10 April 2021 06:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/28 "2021-04-10T06:04:08Z")
Remove or uninstall, both work.
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### Author:  [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)
#### Post date: [10 April 2021 08:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/29 "2021-04-10T08:39:27Z")
> [@Colin](#):
>
> Remove or uninstall - both work.
It maybe works, but...
```auto
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ npm --help
Usage: npm
where is one of:
access, adduser, audit, bin, bugs, c, cache, ci, cit,
clean-install, clean-install-test, completion, config,
create, ddp, dedupe, deprecate, dist-tag, docs, doctor,
edit, explore, fund, get, help, help-search, hook, i, init,
install, install-ci-test, install-test, it, link, list, ln,
login, logout, ls, org, outdated, owner, pack, ping, prefix,
profile, prune, publish, rb, rebuild, repo, restart, root,
run, run-script, s, se, search, set, shrinkwrap, star,
stars, start, stop, t, team, test, token, tst, un,
uninstall, unpublish, unstar, up, update, v, version, view,
whoami
```
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [10 April 2021 09:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/30 "2021-04-10T09:40:44Z")
```auto
$ npm uninstall --h
npm uninstall [<@scope>/][@]... [--save-prod|--save-dev|--save-optional] [--no-save]
aliases: un, unlink, remove, rm, r
```
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### Author:  [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)
#### Post date: [10 April 2021 10:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/31 "2021-04-10T10:45:18Z")
Not disputing that Colin, but I was trying to help Andrew by reminding him that by looking at the various commands help ` --help`, he could see the list of primary options himself.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [10 April 2021 11:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/32 "2021-04-10T11:17:29Z")
OK. I had been thinking myself that a bit of googling would have told him an answer quicker than asking here. In fact it took me a few minutes to find anything saying that `remove` would work, though I knew it did.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 June 2021 11:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/latest-dashboard-2-28-2-not-installing-i-think/43806/33 "2021-06-09T11:17:43Z")
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