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# Using native Node modules
# Using Native Node Modules
The native Node modules are supported by Electron, but since Electron is
using a different V8 version from official Node, you have to manually specify
the location of Electron's headers when building native modules.
## Native Node module compatibility
## Native Node Module Compatibility
Since Node v0.11.x there were vital changes in the V8 API. So generally all
native modules written for Node v0.10.x wouldn't work for newer Node or io.js versions. And
because Electron internally uses __io.js v3.1.0__, it carries with the same
problem.
native modules written for Node v0.10.x won't work for newer Node or io.js
versions. And because Electron internally uses __io.js v3.1.0__, it has the
same problem.
To solve this, you should use modules that support Node v0.11.x or later,
[many modules](https://www.npmjs.org/browse/depended/nan) do support both now.
For old modules that only support Node v0.10.x, you should use the
[nan](https://github.com/rvagg/nan) module to port it to v0.11.x or later versions of Node or io.js.
[nan](https://github.com/rvagg/nan) module to port it to v0.11.x or later
versions of Node or io.js.
## How to install native modules
## How to Install Native Modules
Three ways to install native modules:
### The Easy Way
The most straightforward way to rebuild native modules is via the
[`electron-rebuild`](https://github.com/paulcbetts/electron-rebuild) package,
The most straightforward way to rebuild native modules is via the
[`electron-rebuild`](https://github.com/paulcbetts/electron-rebuild) package,
which handles the manual steps of downloading headers and building native modules:
```sh
npm install --save-dev electron-rebuild
# Every time you run npm install, run this too
# Every time you run npm install, run this
./node_modules/.bin/electron-rebuild
```
### The node-gyp way
### The node-gyp Way
To build Node modules with headers of Electron, you need to tell `node-gyp`
where to download headers and which version to use:
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where to download the headers. The `--arch=x64` says the module is built for
64bit system.
### The npm way
### The npm Way
You can also use `npm` to install modules, the steps are exactly the same with
You can also use `npm` to install modules. The steps are exactly the same with
Node modules, except that you need to setup some environment variables:
```bash