Error installing libv8: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

Question

I made a rails project with,

rails new test_bootstrap.

succeeded.

moved to the project dir and added the gems

gem \         


        

Answer 1

With homebrew this helps me to solve this error.

brew tap homebrew/versions
brew install v8-315

gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.13' -- --with-system-v8
gem install therubyracer -- --with-v8-dir=/usr/local/opt/v8-315

bundle install

Seen on rubyracer Github issues.