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Important!

  1. Node.js 12 or 14 is required for Profound.js.
  2. IBM i 7.2 or higher is required for Node.js 12 and later.
  3. The yum opensource package manager is required for installing Node.js on IBM i.

Don't have yum?

Documentation by IBM on how to install the yum opensource package manager to an IBM i can be found here.

Installing Node.js with yum Package Manager

If yum is properly set up on your system, you can install Node.js by running the following command in a PASE shell:

yum install nodejs14

If you would like to install a different version of Node.js, you can simply replace nodejs14 with the correct version in the command. And if you need to downgrade it, uninstall Node.js 16 and then install Node.js 14 using the normal installation procedure for your platform


IMPORTANT - Profound.js is tested with versions of Node Package Manger (NPM) that install from the IBM yum repos. The Node.js packages include a copy of NPM that gets updated when the Node.js yum package is updated. Do not manually update or change the NPM version on the system, as this can result in installation problems.

For example, if NPM shows a message like below, DO NOT follow the steps given to update NPM:


Downgrade NPM

If you accidentally updated to NPM 7 or later, you can downgrade it with: npm install -g npm@6.14.12

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