How To Install Latest Nodejs on Amazon Linux

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 a yum repository and install Latest Nodejs to Amazon Linux systems.

To install specific nodejs version, Visit our tutorial Install Specific Nodejs Version with NVM.

Step 1 – Configure Yum Repository

First of all, You need to enable 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:-

sudo yum install -y gcc-c++ make
curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_15.x | sudo -E bash -

For Stable Release:-

sudo yum install -y gcc-c++ make
curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | sudo -E bash -

Step 2 – Install Node.js on Amazon Linux

After adding a yum repository in 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 -y nodejs

• Don’t Miss => Yarn Installation ( A Node Modules Manager)

Step 3 – Check Version

After installation check the installed version of Node.js. You can find more details about current version on node.js official website.

node -v 

v15.6.0

Also, check the version of npm.

npm -v 

7.4.0

Step 4 – Create Demo Web Server (Optional)

This is an optional step. If you want to test your node.js install. Let’s create a web server with the “Welcome Node.js” text. Create a file demo_server.js

vim demo_server.js

and add the following content

var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
  res.end('Welcome Node.js');
}).listen(3000, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/');

Now start the webserver using the command.

node --inspect demo_server.js

Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/8136b052-2b35-402e-8c5c-1d15b027a970
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3000/

Therefore the web server has been started on port 3000. Now access http://127.0.0.1:3000/ URL in browser.