# Install node-gyp-build with npm

Build tool and bindings loader for node-gyp that supports prebuilds. Version 4.8.4 via npm; verified 2024-11-19. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#node-gyp-build.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:node-gyp-build
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g node-gyp-build
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:node-gyp-build
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 4.8.4
- **Source summary:** Build tool and bindings loader for node-gyp that supports prebuilds
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/prebuild/node-gyp-build>
- **Last updated:** 2024-11-19T14:43:46.572Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- node-gyp-build (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 4.8.4

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for node-gyp-build. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - node-gyp-build: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/no/node-gyp-build/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph