nodejs_install

Installs Node.js from packages, official binaries, source, or Chocolatey.

Actions

Action	Description
:install	Installs Node.js. Default.
:remove	Removes artifacts created by the selected install method.

Properties

Property	Type	Default	Description
version	String	'24.15.0'	Node.js version for source, binary, and Chocolatey installs.
install_method	String	platform default	One of package, binary, source, or chocolatey.
install_repository	true, false	true	Configures NodeSource repositories for package installs.
packages	Array, nil	platform default	Package names to install for package installs.
package_action	Symbol, String	:install	Action passed to package resources.
package_options	String, nil	nil	Options passed to package resources.
disable_dnf_module	true, false	true	Disables the distro Node.js DNF module on EL/Fedora 8+.
prefix_url	String	'<https://nodejs.org/dist/'>	Base URL for official Node.js source and binary artifacts.
source_url	String, nil	nil	Override URL for source installs.
source_checksum	String, nil	official v24.15.0 checksum	Source tarball checksum.
binary_url	String, nil	nil	Override URL for binary installs.
binary_checksums	Hash	official v24.15.0 checksums	Binary checksums by architecture key.
append_env_path	true, false	true	Passed to ark for binary installs.
make_threads	Integer, String, nil	CPU count	Parallel make jobs for source installs.
build_packages	Array, nil	platform default	Build dependency package list for source installs.
chocolatey_package_name	String	'nodejs-lts'	Chocolatey package name for Windows installs.

Examples

nodejs_install 'nodejs'

nodejs_install 'nodejs from source' do
  install_method 'source'
  make_threads 4
end

nodejs_install 'nodejs from binary' do
  install_method 'binary'
end