In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Node.js and npm in Fedora.
Node.js can be installed in Fedora easily via dnf package manager.
In this tutorial, we'll be installing Node.js and npm in Fedora, via the official Node.js module nodejs, which is available in the default repository of Fedora, and via Node version manager (Nvm).
Method 1: Install Node.js via dnf
In this method, we'll be installing Node.js in Fedora, via the default package manager dnf
Step 1 - Update your machine
Since we'll be downloading nodejs module from the Appstream repository in Fedora, we need to update our system to ensure that we can download the latest packages from this repository.
To update package database in Fedora, you can use dnf.
To do so, simply run the command below.
sudo dnf update -y
Step 2 - Install Node.js
Now that the package database in your system is up to date, proceed to install Node.js in your Fedora machine.
Installing Node.js is quite simple, and you can easily install it by using the dnf package manager, as Node.js package is available in the Fedora repositories.
sudo dnf install nodejs
Step 3 - Verify Node.js Installation
By now Node.js should be installed in your Fedora machine. Before starting to use Node.js in your system, ensure that Node.js was installed correctly
Check Node.js version, to verify that you can run Node.js
node -v
Method 2: Install Node.js via nvm
In this method, we'll be installing Node.js in Fedora, via Node version manager script. Nvm allows you to install any version of Node.js in your Fedora machine.
Step 1 - Install Nvm
First, you need to download the Nvm script from the official Github repository of Nvm.
1) To download Nvm you can use curl.
curl -o https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh
2) Next, once nvm script is downloaded, you need to make the installer executable, so that you can run it.
chmod +x install.sh
3) Next, install Nvm by running the installer.
./install.sh
Step 2 - Add nvm to PATH
Now you need to add nvm to your ~/.bashrc file, in order to be able to use nvm in you terminal.
To add nvm to your PATH, simply run the command below.
source ~/.bashrc
Step 3 - Choose Node.js version
Nvm lets you install any version of Node.js that is available. To see what Node.js versions are available for downloading, simply run the command below.
nvm ls-remote
Next, choose the Node.js version that you want to install.
For example, to install the LTS version of Node.js via nvm, run the command below.
nvm install --lts
If you want to install a specific custom of Node.js, then you can do so by setting the version of Node.js
For example, to install Node.js version 18 LTS, run the command below.
nvm install 18.19.0
Node.js should be installed now in your Fedora machine.
Step 4 - Verify Node.js installation
To verify that Node.js was installed correctly via nvm, you need to switch to the Node.js version that you chose.
For example, we installed Node.js 18, so to switch to Node.js 18, run the command below.
nvm use 18.19.0
Next, we need to run node version command to verify that we can run that Node.js version.
node -vAs you can see, we are now running Node.js v18.19.0, which means the installation was done correctly,
Uninstalling Node.js in Fedora 39
You can easily uninstall Node.js in Fedora 39, depending the method you used to install Node.js.
If you installed Node.js via the first method, by using dnf package manager, then you can easily uninstall Node.js via dnf.
sudo dnf remove nodejs -y
If you Installed Node.js via nvm, then you need to use nvm to uninstall Node.js.
To do so, simply run the command below.
nvm uninstall 21.5.0
Conclusion
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Node.js in Fedora workstation 39, via two different methods.
In the first method, we installed Node.js via dnf package manager, by downloading the official Node.js package from the Fedora repositories.
In the second method, we installed Node.js via Node version manager script.
