How to Install Vue.js on Raspberry Pi

Vue.js is an open-source, progressive, approachable, and effective JavaScript framework for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It provides several tools and libraries that help users develop web applications with the knowledge of Node.js, JavaScript, HTML and CSS.

This article is a detailed guide for users interested in installing Vue.js on the Raspberry Pi system.

How to Install Vue.js on Raspberry Pi

You can install Vue.js for Raspberry Pi through the following steps:

Step 1: Install Node.js and NPM on Raspberry Pi

Vue.js is a framework that requires Node.js and NPM packages on the system. If you haven’t installed Node.js and NPM on Raspberry Pi, follow here.

Step 2: Install Vue.js on Raspberry Pi

After successfully installing Node.js and NPM on Raspberry Pi, you can run the following command to install Vue.js on the Raspberry Pi system:

$ npm install vue@next

However, for the command-line tool, you have to run the following command to install Vue.js cli on the Raspberry Pi system successfully.

$ sudo npm install -g @vue/cli

Step 3: Confirm Vue.js Version

To ensure Vue.js is successfully installed on the Raspberry Pi system, follow the below-given command:

$ vue --version

Update Vue.js on Raspberry Pi

In case of installing the latest version of Vue.js, you can run the following command any time:

$ sudo npm update -g @vue/cli

Uninstall Vue.js from Raspberry Pi

You can uninstall Vue.js from Raspberry Pi through the following command:

$ sudo npm uninstall vue@next

You can also uninstall Vue.js cli from the following command:

$ sudo npm uninstall -g @vue/cli

Conclusion

Vue.js is a JavaScript framework for developing web applications and it can be installed on Raspberry Pi by first ensuring Node.js and NPM installation. Then you can install it from the “npm install” command. You must also install Vue.js cli on the Raspberry Pi system, which is required for application development. If you want to remove Vue.js from Raspberry Pi, you can use the “npm uninstall” command.

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Awais Khan

I'm an Engineer and an academic researcher by profession. My interest for Raspberry Pi, embedded systems and blogging has brought me here to share my knowledge with others.

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