Install Node JS From Binary
Install Node JS From Binary
Node JS is required to run the UI of the Explorer and interact with coin to fetch the data and insert the same into Mongo DB.
There are three ways of installing Node JS
1. Binary Installation.
2. Installation from Source Code. To install Node JS from Source Code Click Here
3. Installation from Ubuntu Packages. To install Node JS from Ubuntu Packages click here
we are going to install Node JS from binary.
To install the Node JS from binary follow the below steps
step 1: Go to https://nodejs.org/en/download/ and copy latest Linux binary URL
https://nodejs.org/dist/v8.9.4/node-v8.9.4-linux-x64.tar.xz
step 2: Make a node directory in your src folder
sudo mkdir node
Step 3: Enter the node directory
cd node
step 4: Unzip and extract the binaries
sudo tar xvf node-v8.9.4-linux-x64.tar.xz –strip-components=1 -C ./node
step 4: Make an etc directory in your node folder
sudo mkdir node/etc
Step 5: execute the following command
sudo echo ‘prefix=/usr/local’ > node/etc/npmrc
sudo mv node /opt/
sudo chown -R root: /opt/node
step 6: Create a symbolic link for a node that points to the new directory
sudo ln -s /opt/node/bin/node /usr/local/bin/node
sudo ln -s /opt/node/bin/npm /usr/local/bin/npm
step 7: Check the Node.js version
node -v
- If you see the versions displayed for a node, you have successfully installed Node.js.
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