This is an article for showing how to install NodeJS in Linux CentOS 8 operating system in a virtual server. The virtual server is running in a VirtualBox application. This is an important step before the virtual server has the ability to execute a NodeJS script. Actually, this article is referring another article with the title of ‘How To Install Latest Nodejs on CentOS/RHEL 8’ in this link. So, the following are the steps for installing NodeJS utility :
1. First of all, try to access the virtual server which is running in the VirtualBox application. The most simple way is to directly login to the virtual server. The other way is by accessing the virtual server remotely using SSH connection. Read the article with the title of ‘How to Remote CentOS Virtual Server running in a VirtualBox with a NAT Network using SSH’ in this link for further reference.
[root@10 ~]# dnf install -y gcc-c++ make CentOS-8 - AppStream 758 B/s | 4.3 kB 00:05 CentOS-8 - AppStream 850 kB/s | 6.3 MB 00:07 CentOS-8 - Base 6.4 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00 CentOS-8 - Base 646 kB/s | 2.3 MB 00:03 CentOS-8 - Extras 2.7 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 6.4 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:01 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 227 kB/s | 536 kB 00:02 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 47 kB/s | 5.7 kB 00:00 Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 901 kB/s | 8.8 MB 00:10 Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:01 ago on Thu 04 Feb 2021 12:37:53 PM EST. Package make-1:4.2.1-10.el8.x86_64 is already installed. Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================Installing: gcc-c++ x86_64 8.3.1-5.1.el8 AppStream 12 M Upgrading: libstdc++ x86_64 8.3.1-5.1.el8 BaseOS 451 k Installing dependencies: libstdc++-devel x86_64 8.3.1-5.1.el8 AppStream 2.0 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================Install 2 Packages Upgrade 1 Package Total download size: 15 M Downloading Packages: (1/3): libstdc++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64.rpm 339 kB/s | 451 kB 00:01 (2/3): libstdc++-devel-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64.rpm 371 kB/s | 2.0 MB 00:05 (3/3): gcc-c++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64.rpm 934 kB/s | 12 MB 00:13 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 1.0 MB/s | 15 MB 00:14 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Upgrading : libstdc++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 1/4 Running scriptlet: libstdc++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 1/4 Installing : libstdc++-devel-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 2/4 Installing : gcc-c++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 3/4 Cleanup : libstdc++-8.3.1-5.el8.0.2.x86_64 4/4 Running scriptlet: libstdc++-8.3.1-5.el8.0.2.x86_64 4/4 Verifying : gcc-c++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 1/4 Verifying : libstdc++-devel-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 2/4 Verifying : libstdc++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 3/4 Verifying : libstdc++-8.3.1-5.el8.0.2.x86_64 4/4 Upgraded: libstdc++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 Installed: gcc-c++-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 libstdc++-devel-8.3.1-5.1.el8.x86_64 Complete! [root@10 ~]#
2. After executing the above command for preparing the requirements before installing the actual NodeJS package, execute the following command. The following command is a command to install a NodeJS repository in the operating system :
[root@10 ~]# curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -
## Installing the NodeSource Node.js 14.x repo...
## Inspecting system...
+ rpm -q --whatprovides redhat-release || rpm -q --whatprovides centos-release || rpm -q --whatprovides cloudlinux-release || rpm -q --whatprovides sl-release
+ uname -m
## Confirming "el8-x86_64" is supported...
+ curl -sLf -o /dev/null 'https://rpm.nodesource.com/pub_14.x/el/8/x86_64/nodesource-release-el8-1.noarch.rpm'
## As yum will try to install Node.js from the AppStream repository
instead of the NodeSource repository, the AppStream's version of Node.js has to be disabled.
## Run `sudo yum module enable -y nodejs` to reactivate the AppStream's Node.js repository.
+ yum module disable -y nodejs
Last metadata expiration check: 0:08:05 ago on Thu 04 Feb 2021 12:38:14 PM EST.
Dependencies resolved.
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Disabling modules:
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Complete!
## Downloading release setup RPM...
+ mktemp
+ curl -sL -o '/tmp/tmp.dQ0aN11IDj' 'https://rpm.nodesource.com/pub_14.x/el/8/x86_64/nodesource-release-el8-1.noarch.rpm'
## Installing release setup RPM...
+ rpm -i --nosignature --force '/tmp/tmp.dQ0aN11IDj'
## Cleaning up...
+ rm -f '/tmp/tmp.dQ0aN11IDj'
## Checking for existing installations...
+ rpm -qa 'node|npm' | grep -v nodesource
## Run `sudo yum install -y nodejs` to install Node.js 14.x and npm.
## You may also need development tools to build native addons:
sudo yum install gcc-c++ make
## To install the Yarn package manager, run:
curl -sL https://dl.yarnpkg.com/rpm/yarn.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/yarn.repo
sudo yum install yarn
[root@10 ~]#
3. Next step, it is the actual process for installing NodeJS package. The command pattern is ‘dnf install nodejs’. Just execute the following command :
[root@10 ~]$ dnf install nodejs Node.js Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 285 kB/s | 686 kB 00:02 Dependencies resolved. ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Package Architecture Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Installing: nodejs x86_64 2:14.15.4-1nodesource nodesource 32 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================================================================================ Install 1 Package Total download size: 32 M Installed size: 91 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: nodejs-14.15.4-1nodesource.x86_64.rpm 939 kB/s | 32 MB 00:34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 939 kB/s | 32 MB 00:34 warning: /var/cache/dnf/nodesource-6e5a049480aa85b9/packages/nodejs-14.15.4-1nodesource.x86_64.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA512 Signature, key ID 34fa74dd: NOKEY Node.js Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 1.6 MB/s | 1.6 kB 00:00 Importing GPG key 0x34FA74DD: Userid : "NodeSource <[email protected]>" Fingerprint: 2E55 207A 95D9 944B 0CC9 3261 5DDB E8D4 34FA 74DD From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/NODESOURCE-GPG-SIGNING-KEY-EL Is this ok [y/N]: y Key imported successfully Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction Preparing : 1/1 Running scriptlet: nodejs-2:14.15.4-1nodesource.x86_64 1/1 Installing : nodejs-2:14.15.4-1nodesource.x86_64 1/1 Running scriptlet: nodejs-2:14.15.4-1nodesource.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : nodejs-2:14.15.4-1nodesource.x86_64 1/1 Installed: nodejs-2:14.15.4-1nodesource.x86_64 Complete! [root@10 ~]$
- Last but not least, do not forget to execute the following command in the command line interface to check the NodeJS version :
[root@10 ~]$ node -v v14.15.4 [root@10 ~]$ npm -v 6.14.10 [root@10 ~]$
The above command execution is just to test whether the ‘node’ and ‘npm’ command is available. It is a parameter for checking the success of the NodeJS installation. Since the above command is producing an output showing the version of ‘node’ and also ‘npm’ with the ‘-v’ additional argument, the installation of the NodeJS is a success.
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