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system, the modules you use will need to be recompiled for NodeGui's node/v8 version. Otherwise,
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you will get the following class of error when you try to run your app:</p><div class="mdxCodeBlock_1XEh"><div class="codeBlockContent_1u-d"><button type="button" aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" class="copyButton_10dd">Copy</button><div tabindex="0" class="prism-code language-sh codeBlock_3iAC"><div class="codeBlockLines_b7E3" style="color:#bfc7d5;background-color:#292d3e"><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">Error: The module '/path/to/native/module.node'</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">was compiled against a different Node.js version using</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">NODE_MODULE_VERSION $XYZ. This version of Node.js requires</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">NODE_MODULE_VERSION $ABC. Please try re-compiling or re-installing</span></div><div class="token-line" style="color:#bfc7d5"><span class="token plain">the module (for instance, using `npm rebuild` or `npm install`).</span></div></div></div></div></div><h2><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="anchor enhancedAnchor_2cZh" id="how-to-install-native-modules"></a>How to install native modules<a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="hash-link" href="#how-to-install-native-modules" title="Direct link to heading">#</a></h2><p>To compile native Node modules against a build of NodeGui that doesn't
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match a public release, instruct <code>npm</code> to use the version of Qode (NodeJs) you have bundled
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the following things:</p><ul><li>When in doubt, rebuild native modules with qode first.</li><li>Make sure the native module is compatible with the target platform and
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architecture for your NodeGui app.</li><li>After you upgrade NodeGui, you usually need to rebuild the modules.</li></ul><h2><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="anchor enhancedAnchor_2cZh" id="modules-that-rely-on-node-pre-gyp"></a>Modules that rely on <code>node-pre-gyp</code><a aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" class="hash-link" href="#modules-that-rely-on-node-pre-gyp" title="Direct link to heading">#</a></h2><p>The <a href="https://github.com/mapbox/node-pre-gyp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><code>node-pre-gyp</code> tool</a> provides a way to deploy native Node
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modules with prebuilt binaries, and many popular modules are using it.</p><p>Usually those modules work fine under NodeGui, but sometimes when NodeGui uses
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a newer version of V8 than Node and/or there are ABI changes, bad things may
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happen. So in general, it is recommended to always build native modules from
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