How to Install Node.js on CentOS 9 Stream

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Introduction

Node.js is a JavaScript runner for server-side programming. It allows developers to create extensible backend functionality using JavaScript, a language many people are familiar with in browser-based web development.

In the article, we will show you how to install Node.js on CentOS 9 simply and easily.

Install Node.js on CentOS 9 Stream

To install Node.js 12 on CentOS 9 we follow these 3 steps.

Step 1: SSH into your CentOS 9 server

To install Node.js on CentOS 9 stream, we need to SSH or access your VPS or server with root privileges first.

After successfully SSH, we continue with step 2 to perform the update of the CentOS operating system.

Step 2: Update CentOS

To update CentOS operating system we execute the following command.

dnf update
dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

Depending on what internal software you use will have a different interface.

After the update is successful, we continue with step 3 to execute the commands to install Node.js on CentOS 9 stream.

Step 3: Commands to install Node.js on CentOS 9 stream.

We use the commands to install Node.js on CentOS 9 stream. as below. I will explain the commands right below so that you can clearly understand the function of each command.

dnf install nodejs
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.2/install.sh | bash
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.35.2/install.sh | bash

Explanation of the above commands:

Command 1: Node.js is available on the CentOS Stream 9 base repository. We install the default Node.js package.
Command 2,3: You can install a specific Node.js version using NVM.You can use any of the cmd above

Below is the image after I have run the above 4 commands.

So we have completed the installation of Node.js on CentOS 9 stream.

Then, execute the command below:

source ~/.bash_profile
nvm list-remote
nvm install 16.13.2

Now we use the following command to check the installed Node.js version.

node -v

And this is the result.

If you wish to uninstall Node.js and npm packages, you can run the command:

sudo dnf module remove nodejs

Summary

Through this article, I showed you how to install Node.js on CentOS 9 Stream as well as check the version after the installation is complete.

Hope you can do it successfully.