How To Install nodejs-graceful-fs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-graceful-fs on CentOS 7. nodejs-graceful-fs is ‘fs’ module with incremental back-off on EMFILE

Introduction

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

What is nodejs-graceful-fs

Just like node.js’ fs module, but it does an incremental back-off when EMFILE is encountered. Useful in asynchronous situations where one needs to try to open lots and lots of files.

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

Install nodejs-graceful-fs 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-graceful-fs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nodejs-graceful-fs

Install nodejs-graceful-fs 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-graceful-fs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nodejs-graceful-fs

How To Uninstall nodejs-graceful-fs on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove nodejs-graceful-fs

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Summary

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