无法在OS X Mavericks中安装gem'therubyracer'

Question

I am new to mac and tried to bundle install a cloned rails repo. I got an error while installing libv8 gem, googled and found a solution and did

brew install libv8
gem install libv8 -- --with-system-v8

Next I got struck at therebyracer gem, the full trace is as follows

Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing therubyracer:
    ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    /Users/anand/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/bin/ruby extconf.rb
creating Makefile
Compiling v8 for x64
Using python 2.7.5
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Unable to find a compiler officially supported by v8.
It is recommended to use GCC v4.4 or higher
Using compiler: g++
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Unable to find a compiler officially supported by v8.
It is recommended to use GCC v4.4 or higher
libtool: unrecognized option `-static'
libtool: Try `libtool --help' for more information.
make[1]: *** [/Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/libpreparser_lib.a] Error 1
make: *** [x64.release] Error 2
/Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/location.rb:36:in `block in verify_installation!': libv8 did not install properly, expected binary v8 archive '/Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/tools/gyp/libv8_base.a'to exist, but it was not found (Libv8::Location::Vendor::ArchiveNotFound)
    from /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `each'
    from /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `verify_installation!'
    from /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/location.rb:26:in `install!'
    from extconf.rb:7:in `<main>'
GYP_GENERATORS=make \
    build/gyp/gyp --generator-output="out" build/all.gyp \
                  -Ibuild/standalone.gypi --depth=. \
                  -Dv8_target_arch=x64 \
                  -S.x64  -Dv8_enable_backtrace=1 -Dv8_can_use_vfp2_instructions=true -Darm_fpu=vfpv2 -Dv8_can_use_vfp3_instructions=true -Darm_fpu=vfpv3
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/allocation.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/bignum.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/bignum-dtoa.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/cached-powers.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/conversions.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/diy-fp.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/dtoa.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/fast-dtoa.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/fixed-dtoa.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/once.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparse-data.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparser.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/preparser-api.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/scanner.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/strtod.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/token.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/unicode.o
  CXX(target) /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/utils.o
  LIBTOOL-STATIC /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/libpreparser_lib.a


Gem files will remain installed in /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/anand/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/gem_make.out

I think this is a problem with Mavericks.

Answer 1

You may want to try what I summarized in this question: "gem install therubyracer -v '0.10.2'" on osx mavericks not installing

brew install apple-gcc42

sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/apple-gcc42/4.2.1-5666.3/bin/gcc-4.2 /usr/bin/gcc 
sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/apple-gcc42/4.2.1-5666.3/bin/g++-4.2 /usr/bin/g++ 
sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/apple-gcc42/4.2.1-5666.3/bin/cpp-4.2 /usr/bin/cpp

brew uninstall v8 (only in case you installed it with brew)
gem install libv8
gem install therubyracer

Let me know if this works! I've been dealing with the same problem since the launch of Mavericks :)

Answer 2

Sorry, I don't know what fixed my problem. I was trying everything and it got fixed.

I installed gcc47 using macports, not homebrew.(it took nearly 2 days to install in my slow 512kbps connection)

Then I changed the version of therubyracer to '0.12.0'

I don't know which got my problem fixed.

Answer 3

Now after installing v8 try to reinstall ruby.

rvm reinstall 2.0

And after that install therubyracer with gem install therubyracer

Answer 4

I had this same problem when I upgraded from OSX Mountain Lion to OSX Mavericks.

Upgrading from ruby-1.8.7-p354 to ruby-1.8.7-375 did the trick for me. Maybe upgrade your ruby 2.0.0-p125 to 2.0.0-rc2 (2.0 is above p353 already)

if you were using rbenv:

rbenv install 2.0.0-rc2
rbenv rehash
rbenv shell 2

bundle install

Answer 5

gem uninstall libv8
brew rm v8
brew tap homebrew/dupes
brew install apple-gcc42
brew tap homebrew/versions
brew install v8-315
brew link --force v8-315
gem install libv8 -- --with-system-v8
gem install therubyracer

With thanks to DeLaGuardo