Why dnf by default installs nodejs 16 on RHEL 9 ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • dnf/yum by default installs nodejs 16 version if no version provided.

    # dnf install nodejs 
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Package                     Architecture      Version                               Repository                                   Size
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Installing:
nodejs                      x86_64            1:16.20.2-8.el9_4                     rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms            116 k
Installing dependencies:
nodejs-libs                 x86_64            1:16.20.2-8.el9_4                     rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms             15 M
Installing weak dependencies:
nodejs-docs                 noarch            1:16.20.2-8.el9_4                     rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms            7.2 M
nodejs-full-i18n            x86_64            1:16.20.2-8.el9_4                     rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms            8.2 M
npm                         x86_64            1:8.19.4-1.16.20.2.8.el9_4            rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms            2.2 M

Transaction Summary
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Install  5 Packages

  • How to install latest nodejs package ?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • nodejs

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