How To Install read-package-json.js on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install npm

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install npm

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is read-package-json.js and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install read-package-json.js on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install read-package-json.js on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install read-package-json.js using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install npm

Install read-package-json.js on CentOS 8 using yum

Because read-package-json.js is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install read-package-json.js package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install npm

How to upgrade (update) a single package read-package-json.js using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like read-package-json.js in this example you should use the following command:

yum update npm

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade npm

How to Upgrade read-package-json.js on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update npm

How To remove read-package-json.js from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the read-package-json.js package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove npm

Extra info and code examples

Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine. npm is the package manager for the Node JavaScript platform. It puts modules in place so that node can find them, and manages dependency conflicts intelligently. It is extremely configurable to support a wide variety of use cases. Most commonly, it is used to publish, discover, install, and develop node programs.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install read-package-json.js using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the read-package-json.js from CentOS 8.

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