How to Install Bower 1.8.14 using NPM on Rocky Linux 9.2
To Install Bower 1.8.14 Using NPM On Rocky Linux 9.2
Introduction:
As websites are made of lot of things like frameworks.libraries,assets and utilities.
Bower manages all of these things.Bower is a package manager for web and dependency management tool which is built by Twitter. Bower manages the front-end components like html,css,js.It reduces the time and energy you need to spend hunting around the web for libraries like Susy and jQuery.Bower helps you to install update or delete the libraries within a single command.Bower depends on nodejs and npm .Bower packages sometimes relies on git so ensure you installed it on your system .This video covers the method to install bower 1.8.14 using npm on Rocky Linux 9.2.
Dependencies
git gcc-c++ make
NodeJS latest version
curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash –
Installation Procedure:
Step 1: Check the version of OS by using the below command
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Rocky Linux"
VERSION="9.2 (Blue Onyx)"
ID="rocky"
ID_LIKE="rhel centos fedora"
VERSION_ID="9.2"
PLATFORM_ID="platform:el9"
PRETTY_NAME="Rocky Linux 9.2 (Blue Onyx)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;32"
LOGO="fedora-logo-icon"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:rocky:rocky:9::baseos"
HOME_URL="https://rockylinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.rockylinux.org/"
SUPPORT_END="2032-05-31"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky-Linux-9"
ROCKY_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Rocky Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="9.2"
Step 2: Install the dependencies that are required for nodejs by using the below command
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# yum install git gcc-c++ make -y
Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS 3.7 kB/s | 4.1 kB 00:01
Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream 4.7 kB/s | 4.5 kB 00:00
Rocky Linux 9 - Extras 2.4 kB/s | 2.9 kB 00:01
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
gcc-c++ x86_64 11.3.1-4.3.el9 appstream 13 M
git x86_64 2.39.3-1.el9_2 appstream 61 k
make x86_64 1:4.3-7.el9 baseos 530 k
Installing dependencies:
gcc x86_64 11.3.1-4.3.el9 appstream 32 M
git-core x86_64 2.39.3-1.el9_2 appstream 4.2 M
git-core-doc noarch 2.39.3-1.el9_2 appstream 2.6 M
glibc-devel x86_64 2.34-60.el9 appstream 48 k
glibc-headers x86_64 2.34-60.el9 appstream 448 k
kernel-headers x86_64 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 appstream 4.8 M
libstdc++-devel x86_64 11.3.1-4.3.el9 appstream 2.2 M
libxcrypt-devel x86_64 4.4.18-3.el9 appstream 28 k
perl-Error noarch 1:0.17029-7.el9 appstream 41 k
perl-Git noarch 2.39.3-1.el9_2 appstream 37 k
perl-TermReadKey x86_64 2.38-11.el9 appstream 36 k
perl-lib x86_64 0.65-480.el9 appstream 15 k
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================
Install 15 Packages
Total download size: 60 M
Installed size: 175 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/15): libxcrypt-devel-4.4.18-3.el9.x86_64.rpm 103 kB/s | 28 kB 00:00
(2/15): perl-Error-0.17029-7.el9.noarch.rpm 148 kB/s | 41 kB 00:00
(3/15): perl-lib-0.65-480.el9.x86_64.rpm 357 kB/s | 15 kB 00:00
(4/15): perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64.rpm 649 kB/s | 36 kB 00:00
(5/15): perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm 565 kB/s | 37 kB 00:00
(6/15): make-4.3-7.el9.x86_64.rpm 805 kB/s | 530 kB 00:00
(7/15): libstdc++-devel-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64.rpm 3.2 MB/s | 2.2 MB 00:00
(8/15): git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm 2.4 MB/s | 2.6 MB 00:01
(9/15): kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm 3.6 MB/s | 4.8 MB 00:01
(10/15): glibc-headers-2.34-60.el9.x86_64.rpm 2.2 MB/s | 448 kB 00:00
(11/15): glibc-devel-2.34-60.el9.x86_64.rpm 846 kB/s | 48 kB 00:00
(12/15): git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm 2.7 MB/s | 4.2 MB 00:01
(13/15): git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm 877 kB/s | 61 kB 00:00
(14/15): gcc-c++-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64.rpm 4.2 MB/s | 13 MB 00:03
(15/15): gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64.rpm 6.2 MB/s | 32 MB 00:05
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Total 7.2 MB/s | 60 MB 00:08
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64 1/15
Installing : git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch 2/15
Installing : glibc-headers-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 3/15
Installing : libstdc++-devel-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 4/15
Installing : perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64 5/15
Installing : kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 6/15
Installing : glibc-devel-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 7/15
Installing : libxcrypt-devel-4.4.18-3.el9.x86_64 8/15
Installing : perl-lib-0.65-480.el9.x86_64 9/15
Installing : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 10/15
Installing : git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64 11/15
Installing : perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch 12/15
Installing : make-1:4.3-7.el9.x86_64 13/15
Installing : gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 14/15
Installing : gcc-c++-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 15/15
Running scriptlet: gcc-c++-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 15/15
Verifying : make-1:4.3-7.el9.x86_64 1/15
Verifying : perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch 2/15
Verifying : libxcrypt-devel-4.4.18-3.el9.x86_64 3/15
Verifying : perl-lib-0.65-480.el9.x86_64 4/15
Verifying : kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64 5/15
Verifying : perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64 6/15
Verifying : perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch 7/15
Verifying : git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch 8/15
Verifying : libstdc++-devel-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 9/15
Verifying : gcc-c++-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 10/15
Verifying : gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 11/15
Verifying : glibc-headers-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 12/15
Verifying : glibc-devel-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 13/15
Verifying : git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64 14/15
Verifying : git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64 15/15
Installed:
gcc-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 gcc-c++-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64
git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64 git-core-2.39.3-1.el9_2.x86_64
git-core-doc-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch glibc-devel-2.34-60.el9.x86_64
glibc-headers-2.34-60.el9.x86_64 kernel-headers-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2.x86_64
libstdc++-devel-11.3.1-4.3.el9.x86_64 libxcrypt-devel-4.4.18-3.el9.x86_64
make-1:4.3-7.el9.x86_64 perl-Error-1:0.17029-7.el9.noarch
perl-Git-2.39.3-1.el9_2.noarch perl-TermReadKey-2.38-11.el9.x86_64
perl-lib-0.65-480.el9.x86_64
Complete!
Step 3: Download the latest node package manager by executing the below command
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_10.x | sudo -E bash -
================================================================================
DEPRECATION WARNING
Node.js 10.x is no longer actively supported!
You will not receive security or critical stability updates for this version.
You should migrate to a supported version of Node.js as soon as possible.
Use the installation script that corresponds to the version of Node.js you
wish to install. e.g.
* https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_12.x - Node.js v12 LTS "Erbium"
* https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_14.x - Node.js v14 LTS "Fermium" (recommended)
* https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_16.x - Node.js v16 "Gallium"
Please see https://github.com/nodejs/Release for details about which
version may be appropriate for you.
The NodeSource Node.js distributions repository contains
information both about supported versions of Node.js and supported Linux
distributions. To learn more about usage, see the repository:
https://github.com/nodesource/distributions
================================================================================
================================================================================
Continuing in 20 seconds ...
## Installing the NodeSource Node.js 10.x repo...
## Inspecting system...
+ rpm -q --whatprovides redhat-release || rpm -q --whatprovides centos-release || rpm -q --whatprovides cloudlinux-release || rpm -q --whatprovides sl-release || rpm -q --whatprovides fedora-release
+ uname -m
## Confirming "el9-x86_64" is supported...
+ curl -sLf -o /dev/null 'https://rpm.nodesource.com/pub_10.x/el/9/x86_64/nodesource-release-el9-1.noarch.rpm'
## Your distribution, identified as "rocky-release-9.2-1.5.el9.noarch", is not currently supported, please contact NodeSource at https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/issues if you think this is incorrect or would like your distribution to be considered for support
Step 4: Install node.js by executing the below command
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# yum install nodejs -y
Last metadata expiration check: 0:01:56 ago on Sunday 11 June 2023 04:40:57 AM.
Dependencies resolved.
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Package Architecture Version Repository Size
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Installing:
nodejs x86_64 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 appstream 112 k
Installing dependencies:
nodejs-libs x86_64 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 appstream 14 M
Installing weak dependencies:
nodejs-docs noarch 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 appstream 7.0 M
nodejs-full-i18n x86_64 1:16.19.1-1.el9_2 appstream 8.2 M
npm x86_64 1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2 appstream 1.7 M
Transaction Summary
===================================================================================================
Install 5 Packages
Total download size: 32 M
Installed size: 168 M
Downloading Packages:
(1/5): npm-8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm 2.4 MB/s | 1.7 MB 00:00
(2/5): nodejs-16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 112 kB 00:00
(3/5): nodejs-docs-16.19.1-1.el9_2.noarch.rpm 3.6 MB/s | 7.0 MB 00:01
(4/5): nodejs-full-i18n-16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm 2.8 MB/s | 8.2 MB 00:02
(5/5): nodejs-libs-16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64.rpm 4.2 MB/s | 14 MB 00:03
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Total 7.3 MB/s | 32 MB 00:04
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Running scriptlet: npm-1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2.x86_64 1/1
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : nodejs-docs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.noarch 1/5
Installing : nodejs-libs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64 2/5
Installing : nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64 3/5
Installing : nodejs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64 4/5
Installing : npm-1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2.x86_64 5/5
Running scriptlet: npm-1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2.x86_64 5/5
Verifying : npm-1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2.x86_64 1/5
Verifying : nodejs-libs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64 2/5
Verifying : nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64 3/5
Verifying : nodejs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64 4/5
Verifying : nodejs-docs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.noarch 5/5
Installed:
nodejs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64 nodejs-docs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.noarch
nodejs-full-i18n-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64 nodejs-libs-1:16.19.1-1.el9_2.x86_64
npm-1:8.19.3-1.16.19.1.1.el9_2.x86_64
Complete!
Step 5: Check the version of node by using the below command
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# node -v
v16.19.1
Step 6: Verify the version of npm by executing the below command
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# npm -v
8.19.3
Step 7: Install bower using npm as follows
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# npm install -g bower
added 1 package, and audited 2 packages in 18s
found 0 vulnerabilities
npm notice
npm notice New major version of npm available! 8.19.3 -> 9.7.1
npm notice Changelog: https://github.com/npm/cli/releases/tag/v9.7.1
npm notice Run npm install -g npm@9.7.1 to update!
npm notice
Step 8: Verify the version of bower by executing the below command
[root@Linuxhelp ~]# bower --version
1.8.14
Conclusion:
We have reached the end of this article. In this guide, we have walked you through the steps required to Install Bower 1.8.14 using NPM on Rocky Linux 9.2. Your feedback is much welcome.
Q
How to search for a package using Bower?
A
bower search is the command to search for a package using Bower.
Q
Does Bower check for dependencies and compatibilities?
A
Yes, bower checks for dependencies and compatibilities
Q
What does the package manager do in Bower?
A
Bower Package Manager is a tool for keeping track of what you've installed, installing and upgrading packages
Q
IS bower a package manager?
A
Yes, Bower is a package manager.
Q
What does the framework mean in Bower?
A
In Bower, Frameworks are large bodies of pre-written code to which you add your own code to solve a problem in a specific domain