This is the output from the script: # Installing the NodeSource Node.js 12.x repo. This command will first use the curl tool to download the “setup_12.x” script and then execute this script using bash. This can be done by using the following command as user root: curl -sL | bash. The upgrade steps for CentOS are explained here: įirst, you need to add the NodeSource yum repository to your system. I can see from that the last Active LTS version is v12, so I would like to upgrade to that version. Let’s check the current version and location of Node.js and npm (the Node.js package manager): $ node -version v6.17.1 $ npm -version 3.10.10 $ which node /bin/node $ which npm /bin/npm

On my machine, I had previously installed Node.js using the following command: $ sudo yum install nodejs In this blog post I will explain how you can upgrade Node.js to the most recent version using the “yum” package manager utility on CentOS Linux 7. How to upgrade Node.js from v6 to latest on CentOS Linux 7

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