Information about the package, nodejs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nodejs package is designed for, JavaScript runtime.
Package Name:
nodejs
Summary:
JavaScript runtime
URL:
Description:
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10.48
Release:
3.el6
Size:
2.1 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT and ASL 2.0 and ISC and BSD
Control the nodejs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nodejs
This command will install nodejs on the server.
yum remove nodejs
This command will un-install nodejs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nodejs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nodejs
This command will un-install nodejs on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove nodejs when using the -y flag.
yum update nodejs
This command will update nodejs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nodejs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nodejs
This command will update nodejs to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove nodejs when using the -y flag.
yum info nodejs
This command will show you core information about the nodejs package.
yum deplist nodejs
This command will show you the dependencies for nodejs. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update nodejs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nodejs. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.