# Ubuntu 14.04 NodeJS Client installation issue for node-gyp rebuild

**URL:** <https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/ubuntu-14-04-nodejs-client-installation-issue-for-node-gyp-rebuild/1215>\
**Category:** Node.js Client\
**Created:** [April 23, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/ubuntu-14-04-nodejs-client-installation-issue-for-node-gyp-rebuild/1215 "2015-04-23T12:32:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![anils2986](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@anils2986](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/anils2986)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/ubuntu-14-04-nodejs-client-installation-issue-for-node-gyp-rebuild/1215/1 "2015-04-23T12:32:17Z")

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Hi Admin,

I follow commands from below [http://www.aerospike.com/docs/client/nodejs/install/](http://www.aerospike.com/docs/client/nodejs/install/)

ERROR : [http://screencast.com/t/4V8nohIH1](http://screencast.com/t/4V8nohIH1)

Please let me know how i can resolve it.

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**Author:** ![gayathri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@gayathri](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/gayathri)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2015, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/ubuntu-14-04-nodejs-client-installation-issue-for-node-gyp-rebuild/1215/2 "2015-04-27T06:14:37Z")

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Hi anils2986,

The screen shot says g++ command not found. Aerospike node module requires g++ for compilation. Installing g++ on your machine would solve this error. Aerospike is written using V8, which is a javascript engine, written in c++. Thus compiling V8 would require g++ compiler.

Thanks

Gayathri.K