Cannot install gem 'therubyracer' in OS X Mavericks-Collection of common programming errors

10 years ago
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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 `'
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.