Node Installation on RHEL 7.*

node_installation_rhel.md

Node Installation

• Copy Tar file
• Untar tar file

$ tar -xvf <file name>

• Change name from node-v6.9.5-linux.**** to node-v6.9.5

$ mv node-v6.9.5-linux-x64 node

• Set path
  1. open .bash_profile
  2. Add /node/bin path as shown below ($HOME=/local_home/user_name)

$ PATH=$HOME/node/bin:$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin

• Logout and login

$ which node

Or

• Run the below command to reload the profile

$ source ~/.bash_profile

Issue

• npm -v

Error: module.js:471 / Error: Cannot find module 'npmlog'

Solution: Uninstall node and re-install it. Reason: npm has been corrupted.

• gulp

Error: -bash: gulp command not found

$ npm uninstall --global gulp gulp-cli
$ rm /usr/local/share/man/man1/gulp.1
$ npm install --global gulp-cli
$ npm install -g gulp-cli

NPM update

npm i -g npm to update