OK, I’m at the end of my tether with this. There are a few similar questions but they all refer to therubyracer 0.10, and they mostly conclude that the problem can be fixed by upgrading to 0.12.
I’m having similar problems, but when I use 0.12.
Similar questions
I’m having problems using ‘standard’ (xcode?) gcc, and both apple-gcc42 and gcc from homebrew. I’ve tried both --with-system-v8
and --without-system-v8
, and again, no dice.
Here’s some logs:
Starting from scratch…
$ cd ~/Documents/code/website
$ rvm gemset empty
$ ruby -v
ruby 1.9.3p448 (2013-06-27 revision 41675) [x86_64-darwin10.8.0]
$ grep rubyracer Gemfile
gem 'therubyracer', '~> 0.12.0'
$ brew list | grep v8
$ cat ~/.bundle/config
$ cat .bundle/config
BUNDLE_BIN: bin
$ $CXX
$ $CPP
$ $CC
$ which gcc
/usr/bin/gcc
$ which g++
/usr/bin/g++
$ g++ -v
Configured with: --prefix=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr --with-
gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.1
Apple LLVM version 5.1 (clang-503.0.38) (based on LLVM 3.4svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13.0.0
Thread model: posix
Try a bundle install
Installing libv8 (3.16.14.3)
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/Users/chris/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/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
../src/cached-powers.cc:136:18: error: unused variable 'kCachedPowersLength' [-Werror,-Wunused-const-variable]
static const int kCachedPowersLength = ARRAY_SIZE(kCachedPowers);
^
1 error generated.
make[1]: *** [/Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/cached-powers.o] Error 1
make: *** [x64.release] Error 2
/Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/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/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/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/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `each'
from /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `verify_installation!'
from /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/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/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/allocation.o
CXX(target) /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.o
CXX(target) /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/bignum.o
CXX(target) /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/bignum-dtoa.o
CXX(target) /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/cached-powers.o
Gem files will remain installed in /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/gem_make.out
An error occurred while installing libv8 (3.16.14.3), and Bundler cannot continue.
Bad times.
Error message advises that gcc 4.4+ is recommended. We can do that.
$ export CXX=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2/bin/g++-4.8
$ export CPP=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2/bin/cpp-4.8
$ export CC=/usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2/bin/gcc-4.8
$ which $CXX
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2/bin/g++-4.8
$ which $CPP
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2/bin/cpp-4.8
$ which $CC
/usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2/bin/gcc-4.8
$ bundle install
…
Installing libv8 (3.16.14.3)
Gem::Installer::ExtensionBuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/Users/chris/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p448/bin/ruby extconf.rb
creating Makefile
Compiling v8 for x64
Using python 2.7.5
Using compiler: /usr/local/Cellar/gcc48/4.8.2/bin/g++-4.8
g++-4.8: error: unrecognized command line option '-Wnewline-eof'
make[1]: *** [/Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/allocation.o] Error 1
make: *** [x64.release] Error 2
/Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/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/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/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/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `each'
from /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/location.rb:35:in `verify_installation!'
from /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/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/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/vendor/v8/out/x64.release/obj.target/preparser_lib/src/allocation.o
Gem files will remain installed in /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/chris/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p448@website/gems/libv8-3.16.14.3/ext/libv8/gem_make.out
An error occurred while installing libv8 (3.16.14.3), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.3'` succeeds before bundling.
Worse times!
OK. So to fix the issues with therubyracer 0.10, some people recommend brew installing v8, then telling rubygems to use system v8. Let’s see what happens!
$ brew install v8
==> Downloading https://github.com/v8/v8/archive/3.21.17.tar.gz
Already downloaded: /Library/Caches/Homebrew/v8-3.21.17.tar.gz
==> Checking out http://gyp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk
==> make native -j4 library=shared snapshot=on console=readline i18nsupport=off
OK, so this is now sorted.
For future people with the same problem, I was suffering from having ruby built against a previous installation of OS X.
Fixed by completely nuking rvm and starting from scratch, though I imagine you could just uninstall/reinstall the offending ruby.
More details on how the problem was solved here:
https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8/issues/120
This issue no longer exists in the latest version of
therubyracer
(0.12.3).I had this same problem when I upgraded from OSX Mountain Lion to OSX Mavericks. The patch level of ruby 1.8.7 apparently matters.
Upgrading from ruby-1.8.7-p354 to ruby-1.8.7-375 did the trick for me.
libv8 (3.16.14.3-x86_64-darwin-13) and the therubyracer (0.12.0) gems installed without problem.
assuming you use rbenv:
Same issue with OSX 10.9.3, ruby 2.1.3 and every version of therubyracer.
Now i'm letting execjs (uglifier gem dependencie) take care of it.
OSX users
"Apple JavaScriptCore" comes as default for JS runtime on OSX. Just installing execjs will solve the problem.
Linux users
Install node.js. Execjs gem will automatically choose node.js as js runtime.
More information on github:
https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs
I was able to proceed with ruby racer after
rm Gemfile.lock
Perhaps try this, which is easier than the RVM nuke option.beforehand: I installed v8 via
brew install v8
, and then didgem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.3' -- --with-system-v8
and I am running 10.10 Yosemite
I was able to get things going again by running
gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.3' -- --with-system-v8
.Reference: https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8/issues/120