title: Updating the version of Jasmine used in karma-jasmine
body: <h2>Questions</h2>
  <ul>
  <li>How can I update the version of <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> used when running <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> via <a href="http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/index.html" rel="noreferrer">Karma</a> using the <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> plugin?</li>
  <li>Will <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> only get updated whenever the <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> plugin integrates a newer version of <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a>, or can I point the <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> plugin to a newer version of <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a>?</li>
  <li>What version of <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> is installed by <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a>?</li>
  </ul>
  <h2>Background</h2>
  <p>I've installed <a href="http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/index.html" rel="noreferrer">Karma</a> and <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> using <a href="http://yeoman.io" rel="noreferrer">Yeoman</a> as follows:</p>
  <pre><code>$ npm install -g generator-angular
  $ mkdir myapp &amp;&amp; cd $_
  $ yo angular
  </code></pre>
  <p>Given that <code>myapp/bower.json</code> didn't list <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> as one of the <a href="http://bower.io" rel="noreferrer">Bower</a> installed front-end packages but <code>myapp/karma.conf.js</code> listed <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> as the default testing framework, I was surprised the command <code>grunt test</code> worked. (The <code>Gruntfile.js</code>, <code>bower.json</code>, and <code>karma.conf.js</code> files were all created as part of the <code>yo angular</code> scaffolding process.)</p>
  <p>Upon closer inspection of the <code>myapp/node_modules</code> packages, I realized that <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> doesn't point to a separate installation of <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a>. The <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> plugin actually installs <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a>:</p>
  <pre><code>▼ myapp/
    ▼ karma_jasmine/
      ▼ lib/
          adapter.js
          index.js
          jasmine.js
  </code></pre>
  <p>Given that <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> says it is an &quot;<em>adapter</em> for the <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> testing framework,&quot; I was a little surprised that <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> didn't require us to install <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> separately.</p>
  <h2>Package Versions</h2>
  <p>Here are the various package versions used:</p>
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/index.html" rel="noreferrer">Karma</a>: &quot;~0.10.8&quot; per <code>myapp/package.json</code> contents</li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a>: &quot;~0.1.4&quot; per <code>myapp/package.json</code> contents</li>
  <li><a href="http://yeoman.io" rel="noreferrer">Yeoman</a>: &quot;1.0.6&quot; per <code>npm list -g | grep yo</code> command results</li>
  <li><a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a>: Unknown but based on a few diffs, I'm almost wondering if <a href="https://github.com/karma-runner/karma-jasmine" rel="noreferrer">karma-jasmine</a> includes a customized version of <a href="http://pivotal.github.io/jasmine/" rel="noreferrer">Jasmine</a> to work with <a href="http://karma-runner.github.io/0.10/index.html" rel="noreferrer">Karma</a>.</li>
  </ul>