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Install Nest.js and related softwares

This document is for Linux.

Other operating system: Windows - macOS

Table of contents

• Install Nest.js and related softwares
  • Table of contents
  • Installation
    • Node.js
    • Nest.js
    • Postman
    • Database
  • Next step

Installation

Node.js

Node.js is a server environment to run application written in Javscript. Nest.js is a framework on Node.js.

To install Node.js:

• Download Node.js binaries at https://nodejs.org/en/download
• Unzip the downloaded file
• Copy folders in extracted folder to /usr

Or install by package manager: https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager

After installation, verify by this command, if the versions of npm and node are displayed then the installation is success.

node --version
npm --version

Nest.js

Install Nest.js by the command

npm i -g @nestjs/cli

After installation, verify by this command, if the version of nest is displayed then the installation is success.

nest --version

Postman

Postman is a tool to work with APIs in order for testing and building the APIs.

To install it:

• Download the installer at https://www.postman.com/downloads/
• Unzip the downloaded file
• Create a desktop icon and save as ~/.local/share/applications/Postman.desktop with below file content (replace /path/to/Downloads to the path to the folder containing extracted folder):

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Postman
Exec=/path/to/Downloads/Postman/app/Postman %U
Icon=/path/to/Downloads/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;

Or run the command (Snap store is required):

snap install postman

Note:

• Supported Linux distributions: Ubuntu 14.04 (and newer), Fedora 24, Debian 8 (and newer).
• Permission to read/write to ~/.config is needed for Postman to store information.
• With Ubuntu 18, please install package libgconf-2-4 with the command apt-get install libgconf-2-4
• Detailed instructions: https://learning.postman.com/docs/getting-started/installation-and-updates/#installing-postman-on-linux

Database

Nest.js applications may need to work with database. To install one of commonly used database, please refer to below links:

• MySQL: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-installation-excerpt/8.0/en/
• MongoDB: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/installation/#mongodb-installation-tutorials
• PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/installation.html

Next step

Get started with Nest.js