Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Latest version node.js yum repository is maintaining by its official website. Use this tutorial to add yum repository and install Latest Nodejs to CentOS/RHEL 7 systems with simple commands.
Step 1 – Add Node.js Yum Repository
First of all, You need to enable the node.js yum repository in your system provided by the Node.js official website. You also need development tools to build native add-ons to be installed on your system.
For Latest Release:
yum install -y gcc-c++ makecurl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -
For Stable Release:-
yum install -y gcc-c++ makecurl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -
Step 2 – Install Node.js on CentOS
After adding a yum repository to your system let’s install the Node.js package. NPM will also be installed with node.js. This command will also install many other dependent packages on your system.
sudo yum install nodejs Step 3 – Check Node.js and NPM Version
After installing node.js verify and check the installed version. You can find more details about current version on node.js official website.
node -v v18.7.0Also, check the version of npm.
npm -v 7.13.0You have successfully installed Node.js on your CentOS 7 system. You may try a demo HTTP server as given below.