Installing the npx RPM package on Red Hat Linux
npx is a command-line tool that runs Node.js packages, allowing you to use them without needing local or global installation. Essentially you can use it to run a command from a local or remote npm package.
However, npx was not found on my Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 9.4 installation:
dev@devhost:/home/codeceptjs> which npx
/usr/bin/which: no npx in (/home/dev/.local/bin:/home/dev/bin:/usr/share/Modules/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin)After logging in as root, I tried to install the npx RPM, which apparently doesn't exist:
root@devhost:/root> yum install npx
Last metadata expiration check: 3:12:16 ago on Thu 01 Aug 2024 02:59:04 PM GMT.
No match for argument: npx
Error: Unable to find a match: npxTurns out it's the nodejs RPM that I needed to install:
root@devhost:/root> yum install nodejs
Last metadata expiration check: 3:12:53 ago on Thu 01 Aug 2024 02:59:04 PM GMT.
Dependencies resolved.Here is the full output:
root@devhost:/root> yum install nodejs
Last metadata expiration check: 3:12:53 ago on Thu 01 Aug 2024 02:59:04 PM GMT.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
nodejs x86_64 1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4 ol9_appstream 122 k
Installing dependencies:
nodejs-libs x86_64 1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4 ol9_appstream 14 M
Installing weak dependencies:
nodejs-docs noarch 1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4 ol9_appstream 7.8 M
nodejs-full-i18n x86_64 1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4 ol9_appstream 8.2 M
npm x86_64 1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.8.0.1.el9_4 ol9_appstream 3.4 M
Transaction Summary
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Install 5 Packages
Total download size: 34 M
Installed size: 168 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): nodejs-16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm 535 kB/s | 122 kB 00:00
(2/5): nodejs-docs-16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.noarch.rpm 10 MB/s | 7.8 MB 00:00
(3/5): nodejs-full-i18n-16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm 8.7 MB/s | 8.2 MB 00:00
(4/5): npm-8.19.4-1.16.20.2.8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm 11 MB/s | 3.4 MB 00:00
(5/5): nodejs-libs-16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64.rpm 13 MB/s | 14 MB 00:01
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Total 25 MB/s | 34 MB 00:01
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Running scriptlet: npm-1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 1/1
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : nodejs-libs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 1/5
Installing : nodejs-docs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.noarch 2/5
Installing : nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 3/5
Installing : npm-1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 4/5
Installing : nodejs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 5/5
Running scriptlet: nodejs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 5/5
Verifying : nodejs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 1/5
Verifying : nodejs-docs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.noarch 2/5
Verifying : nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 3/5
Verifying : nodejs-libs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 4/5
Verifying : npm-1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 5/5
Installed:
nodejs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 nodejs-docs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.noarch
nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64 nodejs-libs-1:16.20.2-8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64
npm-1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.8.0.1.el9_4.x86_64
Complete!
root@devhost:/root> npx
Entering npm script environment at location:
/root
Type 'exit' or ^D when finished
sh-5.1# exit
exit
npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 8.19.4 -> 10.8.2
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v10.8.2
npm notice Run npm install -g npm@10.8.2 to update!
npm notice
root@devhost:/root>