How To Install Latest Nodejs on CentOS/RHEL 7

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.

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

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++ make 
curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash - 

For Stable Release:-

yum install -y gcc-c++ make 
curl -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 

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

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  

v18.7.0

Also, check the version of npm.

npm -v  

7.13.0

You have successfully installed Node.js on your CentOS 7 system. You may try a demo HTTP server as given below.

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

sudo nano 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(3001, "127.0.0.1");
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3001/');

Save your file and close.

Now start the web server using the command.

node --inspect demo_server.js 

Debugger listening on ws://127.0.0.1:9229/9e0c7b4a-2ffe-48df-a4b0-b4635dcd9359
For help, see: https://nodejs.org/en/docs/inspector
Server running at http://127.0.0.1:3001/

The web server has been started on port 3001. Now access http://127.0.0.1:3001/ URL in browser.