Node.js is a server side platform, very powerful JavaScript-based framework/platform built on Google Chrome’s JavaScript V8 Engine. It is used to develop I/O intensive web applications like video streaming sites, single-page applications, and other web applications. Node.js is an open source, cross-platform runtime environment for developing server-side and networking applications.
Node.js was developed by Ryan Dahl in 2009.
In order to install Node.js on your CentOS server follow along the video below, and to refer to each command refer to the section right below the video.
Step 1-
Enable the Epel repository, I am using CentOS 6 64 Bit, for your specific OS’s commands visit, this page.
Step 2-
Use the command
$ sudo yum install npm
Step 3-
After the installation is complete, check to make sure node is setup properly:
$ node -v
(Should return something like v0.10.36).
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