How To Install nodejs-cli on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-cli on CentOS 7.

What is nodejs-cli

cli is a toolkit for rapidly building command line apps. It includes - Full featured options/arguments parser - Plugin support for adding common options and switches - Helper methods for working with input/output and spawning child processes - Output colored/styled messages, progress bars or spinners - Command auto-completion and glob support

We can use yum or dnf to install nodejs-cli on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nodejs-cli.

Install nodejs-cli 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-cli using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nodejs-cli

Install nodejs-cli 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-cli using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nodejs-cli

How To Uninstall nodejs-cli on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the nodejs-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nodejs-cli

References

• nodejs-cli website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-cli on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.