I was using node v0.10.x on my centOS server and I want to update node.js, so followed some articles. First removing currently installed:
# which node
# cd /usr
# rm -r bin/node bin/node-waf include/node lib/node lib/pkgconfig/nodejs.pc share/man/man1/node.1
and then check node -v is not working, good. But using yum doesn't install latest Node.js, so I searched some post and found this: https://www.metachris.com/2015/10/how-to-install-nodejs-5-on-centos-and-ubuntu/
so I followed commands:
# rpm -Uvh https://rpm.nodesource.com/pub_5.x/el/7/x86_64/nodesource-release-el7-1.noarch.rpm
# yum install nodejs -y
and this is the problem. it prints numerous errors and keeps failing.
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package nodejs.x86_64 0:0.10.42-4.el6 will be updated
--> Processing Dependency: nodejs(x86-64) = 0.10.42-4.el6 for package: nodejs-devel-0.10.42-4.el6.x86_64
---> Package nodejs.x86_64 0:5.11.1-1nodesource.el7.centos will be an update
--> Running transaction check
---> Package nodejs-devel.x86_64 0:0.10.42-4.el6 will be updated
---> Package nodejs-devel.x86_64 0:5.11.1-1nodesource.el7.centos will be an update
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Dependencies Resolved
================================================================================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================================================
Updating:
nodejs x86_64 5.11.1-1nodesource.el7.centos nodesource 8.7 M
Updating for dependencies:
nodejs-devel x86_64 5.11.1-1nodesource.el7.centos nodesource 7.6 M
Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Upgrade 1 Package (+1 Dependent package)
Total size: 16 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
Running transaction check
Running transaction test
Transaction check error:
file /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/semver/package.json from install of nodejs-5.11.1-1nodesource.el7.centos.x86_64 conflicts with file from package nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/semver/bin/semver from install of nodejs-5.11.1-1nodesource.el7.centos.x86_64 conflicts with file from package nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6.noarch
file /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/semver/semver.js from install of nodejs-5.11.1-1nodesource.el7.centos.x86_64 conflicts with file from package nodejs-semver-2.1.0-1.el6.noarch
... and keeps going on ...
Also before remove node, I also did this:
# npm cache clean -f
# npm install -g n
# n stable
but this isn't working at all, because always saying version 0.10.x, even downloaded latest one! ( I sawed 6.2.2 or something )
I think something messed up on my server and I don't know how to fix this. Can anyone gimme some advice? Also If can, I want to install latest Node.js.
Install Node from the EPEL Repository
yum update
yum install epel-release
yum install nodejs
node --version
To access npm to manage their Node packages.
yum install npm