Hi all,
Nice to see you in my another blog post, In this post I’m going to explain the step by step guidance to install Node.js on your Cent OS based Server
Node.js is an java-script based platform/framework which is used for Java based application programmings It allows users to easily create network applications that requires back-end functionality on your JAVA based applications
Node.js is completely open source and free of cost, It has been used by lakhs of developers around the world to run their JAVA based applications/websites
Requirements :
Before starting the installation we need some below basic requirements,
- VPS/Dedicated Server with SSH access
- You must logon with root access
- Putty/SSH client
IF you don’t have an root user access, then you need to communicate the root user and then you have to ask them for root access for your user
Once they granted you can execute the all mentioned commands using sudo
Also note that keep your server updated periodically which will highly secure your server from harmful attacks/infections
Always use the below command to get and download updates from the official source of Cent OS
yum update
Once you hit the above command it will automatically fetch the available updates and patches from the official source
Once the available updates download it will automatically install those updates on your server.
All set…!!! Now we can proceed on installations steps
STEP 1 : Downloading Installer File
Initially we need to Node.js installer from the official source website here,
Right click on the required Node.js platform installer file and click “Copy Link Address”
Make sure you had copied the installer link depends upon your OS version
Here we are going to download the Node.js installer using wget command
wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.30/node-v0.10.30.tar.gz
STEP 2: Extracting the installer file
Once the downloading process completed we need to extract the installer file
We can extract and move into the new directory by using the below command
tar xzvf node-v* && cd node-v*
STEP 2:Installing required repository files
To compile the codes we need to download some files/packages from Cent OS repository
yum install gcc gcc-c++
STEP 3: Compilation
Now we need to done the compilation using below command, It down’t take that much time to complete, It will completes in short time as well
./configure
make
STEP 4: Installing your application
Now you can install your application on your server using below command
make install
STEP 5: Verifying the installation
To check the version of the Node.js and to confirm whether you have successfully installed the node.js or not we can use the below command
node --version
v0.10.30
If the installation was done successfully, you can see the output like as above
It’s so simple right….!!!!! Hope this article is helpful each one who are all trying to install Node.js, If you have any query in this article don’t hesitate to contact us.
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