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  • So the version of Node.js installed by the Debian repos isn't statically linked against libv8? Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 16:18
  • The packaged version of Node.js is statically linked against V8 too. In fact, Node.js includes the source code of the V8 engine, it isn't an external dependency (build or runtime). Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 16:50
  • Interesting... checking it now, they've removed that libv8 dependency in sid. It was only still there in jessie. Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 18:10
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    Indeed, the change happened with the packaging of version 4: "Build using embedded cares, embedded v8, because Node.js is using patched versions of them and no longer allow building with shared system libraries of those." Commented Sep 10, 2016 at 18:14