shell-scripts/nodesource/scripts/rpm/script_generator

Node.js Version Setup Scripts

This repository contains scripts for setting up different versions of Node.js on RPM-based Linux systems.

Modifying the Scripts

Each script in this repository sets up a specific version of Node.js. The version is specified in the line NODE_VERSION="XX.x" in each script. To modify the version, simply replace "XX.x" with the desired version, e.g., "18.x".

For example, to modify the setup_18.x script to install Node.js version 20.x instead, you would change the line to NODE_VERSION="20.x".

Running the Scripts

To run a script, navigate to the directory containing the script and run the following command:

sudo bash setup_XX.x

Replace XX.x with the version number of the script you want to run. For example, to run the setup_18.x script, you would use the command sudo bash setup_18.x.

How It Works

Each script in this repository performs the following steps:

1. Checks if the system is an RPM-based Linux distribution.
2. Configures the NodeSource Node.js RPM repository for the specified version of Node.js.
3. Checks if dnf, yum or microdnf is available and updates the system using the available package manager.
4. Logs a message indicating that the repository is configured and updated, and instructs the user to run dnf install nodejs -y, yum install nodejs -y or microdnf install nodejs -y to complete the installation.

The setup_current and setup_latest scripts are special scripts that install the current and latest versions of Node.js, respectively. The current version is 20.x and the latest version is 21.x.

Updating the Scripts

If you make a change to the base script, you can regenerate all the version-specific scripts by running the generator script:

bash generator.sh

This script iterates over a list of versions (currently 18.x, 20.x, and 21.x), and creates a new script for each version with the updated base script. It also creates setup_current and setup_latest scripts for the current and latest versions of Node.js, respectively.

Deploying the Scripts

After generating the scripts, you can deploy them to an S3 bucket using the AWS CLI. Here is the command to do so:

aws s3 sync scripts/rpm/ s3://rpm.nodesource.com/ --exclude "*/**"

This command syncs all the files in the scripts/rpm/ directory (but not its subdirectories) with the s3://rpm.nodesource.com/ bucket. Make sure to replace s3://rpm.nodesource.com/ with the path to your own S3 bucket.