In today’s guide, I am going to take you through the installation of node.js on Fedora 35.
Node.js is an open-source cross-platform, backend javascript runtime environment that runs on the V8 engine and executes javascript code outside of a web browser.
A Node.js app runs in a single process, without creating a new thread for every request. It provides a set of asynchronous I/O primitives in its standard library that prevent javascript code from blocking and generally, libraries from node.js are written using non-blocking paradigms, making blocking behavior the exceptions rather than the norm.
When Node.js performs an I/O operation, like reading from the network, accessing a database or the filesystem, instead of blocking the thread and wasting CPU cycles waiting, Node.js will resume the operations when the response comes back. This allows Node.js to handle thousands of concurrent connections with a single server without introducing the burden of managing thread concurrency, which could be a significant source of bugs.
nvm is used to run node.js packages. It allows you to easily switch node.js versions and install new versions to try and easily roll back if something went wrong.
When Node.js is installed, you will have access to the node executable program in the command line.
Prerequisites
- Have a user with sudo privileges
- Have a Fedora 35 workstation up and running.
- Have basic terminal knowledge.
In this tutorial, I will show you different ways you can install Node.js. We will cover installing Node.js using Package manager, snap, and Fast Node Manager (FNM).
Installing Node.js Via Package manager
Node.js is available as a module called nodejs in Fedora. Fedora 35 now ships with Node.js 16.x as the default Node.js JavaScript server-side engine.
1. Run system updates.
Let’s first update our repositories to make them up to date. Type the following command on your terminal.
$ sudo dnf update -y2. List Available Streams of Node.js
When updates are complete you can now list available streams of nodes on Fedora 35. Input the following command in your terminal.
$ sudo dnf module list nodejsYou will get the following output.
Last metadata expiration check: 0:04:17 ago on Thu 02 Dec 2021 01:58:23 PM UTC.
Fedora Modular 35 - x86_64
Name Stream Profiles Summary
nodejs 12 default [d], development, minimal Javascript runtime
nodejs 14 default, development, minimal Javascript runtime
nodejs 15 default, development, minimal Javascript runtime
nodejs 16 default, development, minimal Javascript runtime
Fedora Modular 35 - x86_64 - Updates
Name Stream Profiles Summary
nodejs 12 default [d], development, minimal Javascript runtime
nodejs 14 default, development, minimal Javascript runtime
nodejs 15 default, development, minimal Javascript runtime
nodejs 16 default, development, minimal Javascript runtime
Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled3. Install Node.js 16 on Fedora 35
As of this writing, Node.js 16 is the default version. To install Node.js 16 run the following command on the terminal.
$ sudo dnf module install nodejs:16/developmentUse development if you want to install the development version.
The sample output will look like this.
DigitalOcean Droplet Agent 62 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing group/module packages:
nodejs x86_64 1:16.11.1-1.module_f35+13202+236ca42b updates-modular 198 k
nodejs-devel x86_64 1:16.11.1-1.module_f35+13202+236ca42b updates-modular 140 k
npm x86_64 1:8.0.0-1.16.11.1.1.module_f35+13202+236ca42b updates-modular 1.7 M
Installing dependencies:
brotli x86_64 1.0.9-6.fc35 fedora 314 k
brotli-devel x86_64 1.0.9-6.fc35 fedora 32 k
dwz x86_64 0.14-2.fc35 fedora 127 k
efi-srpm-macros noarch 5-4.fc35 fedora 22 k
fonts-srpm-macros noarch 1:2.0.5-6.fc35 fedora 27 k
fpc-srpm-macros noarch 1.3-4.fc35 fedora 7.6 k
ghc-srpm-macros noarch 1.5.0-5.fc35 fedora 7.8 k
gnat-srpm-macros noarch 4-14.fc35 fedora 8.2 k
go-srpm-macros noarch 3.0.11-2.fc35 fedora 25 k
kernel-srpm-macros noarch 1.0-6.fc35 fedora 8.0 k
libpkgconf x86_64 1.8.0-1.fc35 fedora 36 k
libuv x86_64 1:1.42.0-2.module_f35+12941+0548739f fedora-modular 148 k
libuv-devel x86_64 1:1.42.0-2.module_f35+12941+0548739f fedora-modular 28 k
lua-srpm-macros noarch 1-5.fc35 fedora 8.4 k
nim-srpm-macros noarch 3-5.fc35 fedora 8.4 k
nodejs-libs x86_64 1:16.11.1-1.module_f35+13202+236ca42b updates-modular 14 M
nodejs-packaging noarch 2021.06-3.module_f35+12598+6f18cc3b fedora-modular 20 k
ocaml-srpm-macros noarch 6-5.fc35 fedora 7.8 k
openblas-srpm-macros noarch 2-10.fc35 fedora 7.4 k
openssl x86_64 1:1.1.1l-2.fc35 fedora 659 k
openssl-devel x86_64 1:1.1.1l-2.fc35 fedora 2.2 M
perl-srpm-macros noarch 1-42.fc35 fedora 8.3 k
pkgconf x86_64 1.8.0-1.fc35 fedora 41 k
pkgconf-m4 noarch 1.8.0-1.fc35 fedora 14 k
pkgconf-pkg-config x86_64 1.8.0-1.fc35 fedora 10 k
python-srpm-macros noarch 3.10-10.fc35 updates 25 k
qt5-srpm-macros noarch 5.15.2-3.fc35 fedora 8.2 k
redhat-rpm-config noarch 199-1.fc35 updates 65 k
rpmautospec-rpm-macros noarch 0.2.5-1.fc35 fedora 9.9 k
rust-srpm-macros noarch 20-1.fc35 updates 9.4 k
unzip x86_64 6.0-53.fc35 fedora 179 k
zip x86_64 3.0-31.fc35 fedora 257 k
zlib-devel x86_64 1.2.11-30.fc35 fedora 44 k
Installing weak dependencies:
nodejs-docs noarch 1:16.11.1-1.module_f35+13202+236ca42b updates-modular 6.5 M
nodejs-full-i18n x86_64 1:16.11.1-1.module_f35+13202+236ca42b updates-modular 7.8 M
Installing module profiles:
nodejs/development
Enabling module streams:
nodejs 16
Transaction Summary
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Install 38 Packages
Total download size: 35 M
Installed size: 165 M
Is this ok [y/N]: Press Y to allow installation to continue.
To use node.js type node on your terminal.
$ node
Welcome to Node.js v16.11.1.
Type ".help" for more information.
> To check the version you have installed, use node -v.
$ node -v
v16.11.1Install Node.js via Snap.
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all Linux platforms from a single build only.
First, you need to enable snapd on Fedora 35.
1. Enable Snapd on Fedora 35
Install snap with the following command on your terminal.
$ sudo dnf install snapdThe output will be as follows:
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:34 ago on Thu 02 Dec 2021 02:37:20 PM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
snapd x86_64 2.53.2-1.fc35 updates 14 M
Installing dependencies:
bash-completion noarch 1:2.11-3.fc35 fedora 291 k
kernel-debug-core x86_64 5.15.5-200.fc35 updates 37 M
kernel-debug-modules x86_64 5.15.5-200.fc35 updates 33 M
libpkgconf x86_64 1.8.0-1.fc35 fedora 36 k
pkgconf x86_64 1.8.0-1.fc35 fedora 41 k
pkgconf-m4 noarch 1.8.0-1.fc35 fedora 14 k
pkgconf-pkg-config x86_64 1.8.0-1.fc35 fedora 10 k
policycoreutils-python-utils noarch 3.3-1.fc35 updates 72 k
snap-confine x86_64 2.53.2-1.fc35 updates 2.3 M
snapd-selinux noarch 2.53.2-1.fc35 updates 232 k
squashfs-tools x86_64 4.5-3.20210913gite048580.fc35 fedora 204 k
Transaction Summary
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Install 12 Packages
Total download size: 87 M
Installed size: 176 M
Is this ok [y/N]: yPress Y to allow installation to continue and then you can restart your system for the changes to take effect.
2. Enable Snap classic support
To enable snap classic support, create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap.
$ sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap3. Install Node.js on Fedora 35
To install node using snap, use the following command on your terminal.
$ sudo snap install node --classicIf you getting an error message “
error: system does not fully support snapd: cannot mount squashfs image using “squashfs”: mount: /tmp/sanity-mountpoint-309425902: unknown filesystem type ‘squashfs'”
This means the dnf didn’t pull kernel modules correctly. What you need to do is to install kernel-modules.
$ sudo dnf install kernel-modules -yYou will get the following output.
DigitalOcean Droplet Agent 44 kB/s | 3.3 kB 00:00
Dependencies resolved.
=================================================================================================================
Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
kernel-modules x86_64 5.15.5-200.fc35 updates 33 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 1 Package
Total download size: 33 M
Installed size: 32 M
Downloading Packages:
kernel-modules-5.15.5-200.fc35.x86_64.rpm 68 MB/s | 33 MB 00:00
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Total 1.8 MB/s | 33 MB 00:17
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : kernel-modules-5.15.5-200.fc35.x86_64 1/1
Running scriptlet: kernel-modules-5.15.5-200.fc35.x86_64 1/1
Verifying : kernel-modules-5.15.5-200.fc35.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
kernel-modules-5.15.5-200.fc35.x86_64
Complete!restart your system again to load kernel modules and again run the snap installer this time round it will go through successfully.
Output
2021-12-02T15:50:09Z INFO Waiting for automatic snapd restart...
node (16/stable) 16.13.1 from OpenJS Foundation (iojs✓) installedFor snap it’s such simple to do the installation with and also the packages are updated automatically when new changes are pushed to productions.
Check the version of node installed;
$ node -v
v16.13.1Run node on the terminal with the following command;
$ node
Welcome to Node.js v16.13.1.
Type ".help" for more information.
> Conclusion
The above process had taught us how to install Node.js using snap and Node Package manager. Congratulations and happy coding.
