nodejs Application Development on Device

Script Installation

BASH

# current
VERSION=v23.3.0 
# lts
#VERSION=v22.12.1

DISTRO=linux-armv7l

opkg update
opkg install xz
opkg install libatomic1

ARCH=$(uname -i)
if [[ "$ARCH" = *aarch64* ]]; then
	DISTRO=linux-arm64
	echo "arm64"
fi;
if [[ "$ARCH" = *x86_64* ]]; then
	DISTRO=linux-x64
	echo "x86_64";
fi;

cd /tmp
mkdir -p /usr/local/
wget https://nodejs.org/dist/$VERSION/node-$VERSION-$DISTRO.tar.xz

tar -xvf node-$VERSION-$DISTRO.tar.xz
cd node-$VERSION-$DISTRO
cp -R * /usr/
cd /tmp
rm -rf node-$VERSION-$DISTRO
rm node-$VERSION-$DISTRO.tar.xz
sync

Manualy Installation

First Download the Linux Binaries (ARMv7 or 64-bit) @ https://nodejs.org/en/download/

if Command "uname -i":

aarch64: node-[version]-linux-arm64.tar.xz

x86_64: node-[version]-linux-x64.tar.xz

else: node-[version]-linux-armv7l.tar.xz

Next Upload the Binaries to the device via SSH or FileManager in the WebConfig

Open a Terminal

First install neccesarry packages

BASH

opkg update
opkg install xz
opkg install libatomic1

Now use tar to unpack the file

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tar -xvf node-[version]-linux-armv7l.tar.xz

Install NodeJS into/usr/

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cd node-[version]-linux-armv7l
cp -R * /usr/

Clean up the temporary files.

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cd ~
rm -rf node-[version]-linux-armv7l
rm node-[version]-linux-armv7l.tar.xz

Test

You can check that NodeJS and NPM are installed correctly by confirming their version numbers from Terminal by running

BASH

node -v
npm -v

Additional Information:

https://nodejs.org/en/