How to install Bootstrap v4 alpha using bower? [duplicate]

Question

The v4-alpha documentation states

Bootstrap v4.0.0-alpha is available for download in several ways, including some of your favorite package managers.

however, the mentioned

bower install bootstrap

installs the latest stable release 3.3.5 instead.

How to install v4 alpha using bower?

Irreformable

Answer 1

To install a specific version, append the GitHub tag using #:

bower install bootstrap#4.0.0-alpha

Irreformable

I get "no matches found: bootstrap#v4.0.0-alpha.2" when I try running this as of today. Anyone else seeing that? Add regular bootstrap and bumping the version # up to 4.0.0 in bower.json did the trick for me though. – Ajani

@WillHitchcock: It still works for me. Also, this has been updated in the Bootstrap 4 docs and is currently the official way of installing the alpha version using bower. Are you sure you haven't got a typo in there somewhere? – Irreformable

Answer 2

Adding "bootstrap": "4.0" to the bower.json file under dependencies and running bower install in the terminal did it for me. Naturally, if you're using Yeoman and opt-in for the Bootstrap option, you'll want to remove the bootstrap folder under the bower_components folder.

Rayfordrayle

I'm using Bower with ASP.net core 1.0 RC1 and also was successful adding "bootstrap" : "4.0" to the bower.json file to get the 4.0 Alpha 2. The Visual Studio tooling doesn't show it as a prerelease option, but did a nice restore after I added it manually. – Psychic