更高版本的Python会构建Node.js吗？

Question

I'm running the latest Ubuntu (14.04) and have just downloaded the Node.js tarball. I'm not very familiar with Python though, and although I love Ubuntu, I'm also not familiar with the process of downloading and installing stuff on Linux as well :/

It says on the Node.js download page that Python 2.6 or 2.7 is required, but I have found that newer versions of Python are available. Will a newer version of Python build it correctly?

Answer 1

If you're not familiar with Linux then I don't think you want to compile node.js yourself from source. You can still use the binaries.tar.gz

There are Ubuntu packages that will install node.js for you! Installing from a package manager is easier, try https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/installing-node.js-via-package-manager#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions

As for building from source, there are known issues with Python 3, ref https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/installation#known-issues , so maybe stick with 2.6 or 2.7

Answer 2

Python versions starting with and including 2.6 up through before 3.0 should work fine. Python 3 brought some backwards incompatible changes with Python 2.x and AFAIK gyp has not been updated to support Python 3 yet.