Node.js

Node.js and npm installation

Starting from Fedora 24, npm is a part of Node.js package and does not need to be installed separately. Therefore, to install both npm and Node.js, you need to run:

$ sudo dnf install nodejs

This will install V8 Javascript Engine, Node.js runtime and npm package manager and their dependencies. Versions present in repositories are usually current or to-be (in Rawhide) Node.js LTS releases, including npm and V8 engine that come with them.

Alternative versions

There are alternative versions available as Fedora Modules.

Note: Modules are available for all editions from Fedora 29, and on the Server Edition from Fedora 28.

To list all available versions, run:

$ dnf module list

And to install an alternative version, run a command similar to this:

$ sudo dnf module install nodejs:8

Yarn

Yarn package manager is available since Fedora 29. You can install it by running:

$ sudo dnf install nodejs-yarn

Because of conflicts with other packages, yarn has to be used in the following manner:

$ nodejs-yarn add request
$ yarnpkg add request

If you still wish to use yarn instead of nodejs-yarn, the best way is to use bash alias.

Installing npm modules

Installing Node.js modules is covered in Node.js modules.

Authors: Adam Samalik, Josef Stribny, Petr Stribny, Zuzana Svetlikova