Installing libv8 gem on OS X 10.9+

Question

I\'m trying to install libv8 3.16.14.3 but getting an error on OSX Mavericks using latest stable rvm and ruby-1.9.3-p125.

This is the output of running the command \

Answer 1

El Capitan Solution for me:

$ brew install v8
$ gem install libv8 -v REQUIRED_LIBV8_VERSION -- --with-system-v8

Where REQUIRED_LIBV8_VERSION for me was 3.16.14.7, but you need to check which is the one you need in your bundle (this was the one for rails 4.2.5)

You may also need to run the commands above as the superuser (if your gems and system libraries are global)