{"id":9380,"date":"2021-06-28T20:22:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T17:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=9380"},"modified":"2024-03-18T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:14:10","slug":"install-latest-nodejs-on-rocky-linux-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-latest-nodejs-on-rocky-linux-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Latest Nodejs on Rocky Linux 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this tutorial, you will learn how to install latest Nodejs on Rocky Linux 8. <a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/en\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nodejs<\/a> is a JavaScript runtime built on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/v8.dev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chrome&#8217;s V8 JavaScript engine<\/a> and is designed to build scalable network applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installing Nodejs on Rocky Linux 8<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nodejs is available on the default Rocky Linux 8 AppStream repos. However, the available versions may not be up-to-date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, in the command output below, you can see that Nodejs 10.x repo modules are enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dnf module list nodejs<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>\nRocky Linux 8 - AppStream\nName                             Stream                           Profiles                                                       Summary                                    \nnodejs                           10 [d]                           common [d], development, minimal, s2i                          Javascript runtime                         \nnodejs                           12                               common [d], development, minimal, s2i                          Javascript runtime                         \nnodejs                           14                               common [d], development, minimal, s2i                          Javascript runtime                         \n\nHint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install latest Nodejs YUM\/DNF Repository<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, to install the latest, which is Nodejs 16.x, which is the current stable release as per the <a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/en\/about\/releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nodejs releases page<\/a>, you need to install Nodejs Yum repository on Rocky Linux 8 by executing the command below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>curl -sL https:\/\/rpm.nodesource.com\/setup_16.x | sudo -E bash -<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install Nodejs on Rocky Linux 8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the repos are in place, you can now install latest Nodejs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dnf install nodejs<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Sample command output;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>\nDependencies resolved.\n============================================================================================================================================================================\n Package                                   Architecture                  Version                                                    Repository                         Size\n============================================================================================================================================================================\nInstalling:\n nodejs                                    x86_64                        2:16.4.0-1nodesource                                       nodesource                         31 M\nInstalling dependencies:\n python3-pip                               noarch                        9.0.3-19.el8.rocky                                         appstream                          19 k\n python3-setuptools                        noarch                        39.2.0-6.el8                                               baseos                            162 k\n python36                                  x86_64                        3.6.8-2.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf                        appstream                          18 k\nEnabling module streams:\n python36                                                                3.6                                                                                               \n\nTransaction Summary\n============================================================================================================================================================================\nInstall  4 Packages\n\nTotal download size: 31 M\nInstalled size: 87 M\nIs this ok [y\/N]: y\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Checking installed version of Nodejs on Rocky Linux 8;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>node -v<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>v16.4.0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that the command above also installs NPM along with Nodejs. You can verify by checking the version of installed NPM on Rocky Linux 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>npm -v<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>7.18.1<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install development tools to build native addons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to build native Nodejs addons, you need to install some development tools by running the command below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dnf install gcc-c++ make<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Install Yarn on Rocky Linux 8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You may also want to install Yarn on Rocky Linux 8. To do so, run the command below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>curl -sL https:\/\/dl.yarnpkg.com\/rpm\/yarn.repo | sudo tee \/etc\/yum.repos.d\/yarn.repo<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><code>dnf install yarn<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now proceed to build your web applications using Nodejs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/en\/docs\/guides\/getting-started-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nodejs getting started guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other tutorials<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-php-composer-on-rocky-linux-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install PHP Composer on Rocky Linux 8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/install-lamp-stack-on-rocky-linux-8\/#php-8.0-rocky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Install PHP 8.0 on Rocky Linux 8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial, you will learn how to install latest Nodejs on Rocky Linux 8. 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