How To Install nodejs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs on CentOS 7.
What is nodejs
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install nodejs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nodejs.
Install nodejs 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 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nodejs
Install nodejs 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 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nodejs
How To Uninstall nodejs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nodejs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nodejs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.