How To Install nodejs-lolex on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-lolex on CentOS 7. nodejs-lolex is Fake JavaScript timers

Introduction

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

What is nodejs-lolex

JavaScript implementation of the timer APIs; setTimeout, clearTimeout, setImmediate, clearImmediate, setInterval, clearInterval, and requestAnimationFrame, along with a clock instance that controls the flow of time. Lolex also provides a Date implementation that gets its time from the clock.

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

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

sudo yum -y install nodejs-lolex

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

sudo dnf -y install nodejs-lolex

How To Uninstall nodejs-lolex on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove nodejs-lolex

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Summary

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