How To Install Gulp.js on CentOS 7

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gulp.js on CentOS 7. For those of you who didn’t know, Gulp is a toolkit that helps developers with the automation of painful workflow during development.

This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of Gulp.js on a CentOS 7 server.

Prerequisites

• A server running one of the following operating systems: CentOS 7.
• It’s recommended that you use a fresh OS install to prevent any potential issues.
• SSH access to the server (or just open Terminal if you’re on a desktop).
• A non-root sudo user or access to the root user. We recommend acting as a non-root sudo user, however, as you can harm your system if you’re not careful when acting as the root.

Install Gulp.js on CentOS 7

Step 1. First, let’s start by ensuring your system is up-to-date.

yum clean all
yum install -y epel-release
yum -y update

Step 2. Installing Node.js on CentOS Linux.

Install Node.js using the following command below:

curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo yum install -y nodejs
sudo yum install gcc-c++ make

Step 3. Installing Gulp.js on CentOS 7.

After installing Node.js, proceed to install Gulp.js:

sudo npm install -g gulp

Then, let’s check the installed version on your system using the following command:

gulp --version

[12:19:46] CLI version 3.9.1
[12:19:46] Local version 3.9.1

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gulp.js. Thanks for using this tutorial for installing Gulp.js in CentOS 7 system. For additional help or useful information, we recommend you check the official Gulp.js website.