How To Install nodejs-async on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-async on CentOS 7.
What is nodejs-async
Async is a utility module which provides straight-forward, powerful functions for working with asynchronous JavaScript. Although originally designed for use with Node.js, it can also be used directly in the browser. Async provides around 20 functions that include the usual ‘functional’ suspects (map, reduce, filter, forEach…) as well as some common patterns for asynchronous control flow (parallel, series, waterfall…). All these functions assume you follow the Node.js convention of providing a single callback as the last argument of your async function.
We can use yum or dnf to install nodejs-async on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nodejs-async.
Install nodejs-async on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nodejs-async using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nodejs-async
Install nodejs-async on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nodejs-async using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nodejs-async
How To Uninstall nodejs-async on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nodejs-async package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nodejs-async
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-async on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
