How To Install nodejs-nan1 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-nan1 on CentOS 7. nodejs-nan1 is Native Abstractions for Node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-nan1 on CentOS 7.

What is nodejs-nan1

A header file filled with macro and utility goodness for making add on development for Node.js easier across versions 0.8, 0.10 and 0.11, and eventually 0.12. Thanks to the crazy changes in V8 (and some in Node core), keeping native add-on compiling happily across versions, particularly 0.10 to 0.11/0.12, is a minor nightmare. The goal of this project is to store all logic necessary to develop native Node.js add-on without having to inspect NODE_MODULE_VERSION and get yourself into a macro-tangle.

We can use yum or dnf to install nodejs-nan1 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nodejs-nan1.

Install nodejs-nan1 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-nan1 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nodejs-nan1

Install nodejs-nan1 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-nan1 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nodejs-nan1

How To Uninstall nodejs-nan1 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the nodejs-nan1 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nodejs-nan1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-nan1 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.