Method 1: Upgrade from Ubuntu's repositories I have version 12.22.9 installed (v12.x).Īt the time of writing this, v18.x and v16.x are the latest and LTS versions, respectively. This is what it looks like on my computer: $ node -v To check the version of Node.js, run the following command: node -v Check Node.js versionīefore you actually upgrade Node.js, do check if the currently installed version is what you want or it is outdated. To know how to do that, continue reading. There are other ways to upgrade Node.js manually. Do so with the following command: sudo apt-get install -only-upgrade nodejs The easiest way to upgrade Node.js is using the apt package manager. (3/3): epel/x86_64/primary_db | 7.Node.js is an open source JavaScript runtime environment. Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Installing : epel-release-7-11.noarch 1/1Įpel-release.noarch centos]# yum install nodejs Userid : 'CentOS-7 Key (CentOS 7 Official Signing Key) 'įingerprint: 6341 ab27 53d7 8a78 a7c2 7bb1 24c6 a8a7 f4a8 0eb5 Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7 Public key for is not installedĮ | 15 kB 00:00:00 Warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/extras/packages/: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID f4a80eb5: NOKEY

> Package epel-release.noarch 0:7-11 will be installed Of course prior to installing nodejs I am installing epel-release as nodejs is a part of this package.Įrror output bellow: ~]$ sudo centos]# yum install epel-release -y When I create a new EC2 instance with CentOS 7 from the Marketplace ( CentOS 7 (x86_64) - with Updates HVM ) and I try to install nodejs I am getting the error that nodejs package is not found.

So something strange happened this week and I'm not sure if it's only me.

Yum update nodejs