{"id":3427,"date":"2017-08-08T07:12:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T07:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastwebhost.in\/blog\/?p=3427"},"modified":"2022-02-26T06:38:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T06:38:38","slug":"node-js-installation-on-ubuntu-16-04-server-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastwebhost.in\/blog\/node-js-installation-on-ubuntu-16-04-server-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Node.js Installation on Ubuntu 16.04 Server"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Node.js is a Javascript platform for server-side programming that allows users to build network applications quickly. By leveraging Javascript on both the front-end and the back-end, development can be more consistent and be designed within the same system. Lets us install Node.js on Ubuntu 16.04<\/p>\n<h2>\u200bInstall Node.js with Ubuntu Package Manager<\/h2>\n<p>Update the package index on your server with below command.<\/p>\n<p>sudoapt-get update<span style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"updating apt_get index\" style=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.fastwebhost.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/apt_get.png\" width=\"657\" height=\"220\" data-attachment-id=\"3264\" title=\"apt_get update\" data-width=\"657\" data-height=\"220\" data-init-width=\"696\" data-init-height=\"233\" mt-d=\"-2.2050000000000125\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To install Node.js, type the following command in your terminal<\/p>\n<p>sudo apt-get install nodejs<span style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"installing node.js\" style=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.fastwebhost.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/node_install.png\" width=\"657\" height=\"377\" data-attachment-id=\"3266\" title=\"node.js_install\" data-width=\"657\" data-height=\"377\" data-init-width=\"696\" data-init-height=\"399\" mt-d=\"-3.766999999999996\" ml-d=\"0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If the package in the repositories suits your needs, this is all that you need to do to get set up with Node.js. In most cases, you&#8217;ll also want to also install npm which is Node.js package manager. You can do this by typing below command.<\/p>\n<p>sudo apt-get install npm<span style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Install Node.js_npm\" style=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.fastwebhost.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/node_npm.png\" width=\"657\" height=\"331\" data-attachment-id=\"3268\" title=\"install_npm\" data-width=\"657\" data-height=\"331\" data-init-width=\"696\" data-init-height=\"351\" mt-d=\"-33.14299999999997\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Create a symbolic link for node, as many Node.js tools use this name to execute.<\/p>\n<p>sudo ln -s \/usr\/bin\/nodejs \/usr\/bin\/node<\/p>\n<p>Now we should have both the Node and npm commands working<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"CHecking_Node.js_commands\" style=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.fastwebhost.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/node_version.png\" width=\"657\" height=\"110\" data-attachment-id=\"3271\" title=\"node.js_version\" data-width=\"657\" data-height=\"110\" data-init-width=\"696\" data-init-height=\"117\" mt-d=\"-11.0073\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of using Node.js<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A rapid minimum viable product (MVP) delivery is for sure by using Node.js development as the average time for development process is the shortest among today\u2019s frameworks.<\/li>\n<li>Node.js development allows the developer to plan their own structure, consider as &nbsp;valuable by many Node.js developers. This results to use various new tools and frameworks within the Node.js and JavaScript community.<\/li>\n<li>Node.js platform provides a wide range of features.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple-platform compatible written code.<\/li>\n<li>Easy to install and execute locally.<\/li>\n<li>Its seen that Node.js development is inexpensive to test and deploy using Pay As You Grow services.<\/li>\n<li>Easy to develop software real-time systems.<\/li>\n<li>Using Node.js, the applications are extremely scalable due to asynchronous and event-driven processing.<\/li>\n<li>Very fast in manner. It also comprises very speedy native bindings.<\/li>\n<li>Node.js distributes a small heap per connection comparing to other server side solutions, which usually create a big thread for each incoming connection and complicates the performance.<\/li>\n<li>The Node.js development projects can be of extremely high load with fast response and quick scalability options as opposed to PHP applications that may collapse during such loads.<\/li>\n<li>Install Node.js on your server and you can see amazing performance for HTTP and TCP protocols.<\/li>\n<li>Node.js development requires shorter parsing time.<\/li>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Hope you like this article, if you have any queries you can comment below. You can also check other article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastwebhost.in\/blog\/how-to-install-node-js-on-an-ubuntu-14-04-server\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">Node.js on Unbuntu 14.04<\/a>. You can check more information on Node.js on their <a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Node.js is a Javascript platform for server-side programming that allows users to build network applications quickly. By leveraging Javascript on both the front-end and the back-end, development can be more consistent and be designed within the same system. 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