node-gyp software package provides Native addon build tool for Node.js, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install node-gyp
node-gyp is installed in your system.
Make ensure the node-gyp package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep node-gyp *
You will get with node-gyp package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Web Software |
| Package | node-gyp |
| Version | 0.10.10-2 |
| Description | Native addon build tool for Node.js |
| Sub Section | Web |