Question

I have successfully installed Node.js, now I want to install the websocket module found here: https://github.com/Worlize/WebSocket-Node

From the root user, I have run the following command:

 npm install websocket

The error thrown is:

[websocket v1.0.7]

Native code compile failed!!

On Windows, native extensions require Visual Studio and Python.

On Unix, native extensions require Python, make and a C++ compiler.

Start npm with --websocket:verbose to show compilation output (if any).

What commands should I issue to install this websocket module and its requirements?

Edit:
When I run sudo apt-get install gcc make

I get this message:

Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
gcc is already the newest version.
gcc set to manually installed.
make is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded.

And the same error when trying to install WebSocket.

Answer 1

Make sure that you have installed python, make and gcc.
Python should be already installed by default.
You can install gcc and make as root with command:

apt-get install gcc make