In this article, we will have explained the necessary steps to install Node.js on Rocky Linux 8. Before continuing with this tutorial, make sure you are logged in as a user with sudo privileges. All the commands in this tutorial should be run as a non-root user.
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome’s V8 engine to build fast and scalable network applications and back-end APIs. It’s used for traditional websites and back-end API services but was designed with real-time, push-based architectures. It offers users the ability to write websites in JavaScript whose code executes on the server instead of a client’s browser.
Install Node.js on Rocky Linux 8
Step 1. First, before you start installing any package on your Rocky Linux server, we always recommend making sure that all system packages are updated.
sudo dnf update sudo dnf upgrade
Step 2. Install Node.js on Rocky Linux system.
- Installing Nodejs from AppStream Repository.
Now check all available repository modules for Node.js on your Rocky Linux system:
sudo dnf module list nodejs
Output:
[[email protected] ~]# sudo dnf module list nodejs Last metadata expiration check: 4:07:57 ago on Thu 17 Sep 2021 09:11:13 PM EDT. Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream Name Stream Profiles Summary nodejs 10 [d] common [d], development, minimal, s2i Javascript runtime nodejs 12 common [d], development, minimal, s2i Javascript runtime nodejs 14 common [d], development, minimal, s2i Javascript runtime Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled
To enable the latest NodeJS stream, run the command:
sudo dnf module install nodejs:14
After that, verify the repository module Node.js using the command below:
node -v
Output:
[[email protected] ~]# node -v v14.16.2
- Installing Node.js from Source.
Run the following command to install Node.js from Nodesource Repository:
sudo curl -fsSL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo bash -
Next, run the installation dnf command as follows to install Node.js:
sudo dnf install nodejs
After the installation is complete, verify Node.js and npm running the following command:
node --version
Also, check the nvm version and confirm installation typing:
npm --version
That’s all you need to do to install Node.js on Rocky Linux 8. I hope you find this quick tip helpful. For further reading on PostgreSQL’s open-source database, please refer to their official knowledge base. If you have questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.
