="https://launchpad.net/~chris-lea/+archive/node.js/">PPA</a> available.</p>
<div class="shell">
<pre>
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nodejs</pre>
</div>
<p>As <code>v8</code> is written in C++ and comes as a C++ library it is crucial to compile your module using the same compiler flags as used for building v8. To make things easier, <code>node.js</code> provides a build tool called <code>node-gyp</code>.</p>
<p>You have to install it using <code