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 the simple commands.

Step 1 – Add Node.js Yum Repository

First of all, You need to enable 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_14.x | sudo -E bash -

For Stable Release:-

yum install -y gcc-c++ make
curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -

Step 2 – Install Node.js on CentOS

After adding a yum repository in your system lets install Node.js package. NPM will also be installed with node.js. This command will also install many other dependent packages on your system.

yum install nodejs

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 
npm -v 

That's all, now you have nodejs installed on your server