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@@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ directory as an argument! See below for installation options.
 - run `./configure <install_dir>`
 - run `make install`
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]  
+> Some Linux distributions package a version of Node.js that will fail to build Vivify. In that case you'll need to download an official version from nodejs.org. The easiest way to do this is using [Node Version Manager (nvm)](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md)
+>
+> ```
+> curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash
+> exec bash
+> nvm install node
+> ```
+
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