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

None of this helped me... no matter what I did, my gem install of therubyracer kept complaining with this error:

Unable to find a compiler officially supported by v8.
It is recommended to use GCC v4.4 or higher
Beginning compilation. This will take some time.
Building v8 with env CXX=clang++ LINK=clang++  /usr/local/bin/gmake x64.release ARFLAGS.target=crs werror=no
GYP_GENERATORS=make \
build/gyp/gyp --generator-output="out" build/all.gyp \
              -Ibuild/standalone.gypi --depth=. \
              -Dv8_target_arch=x64 \
              -S.x64 -Dmac_deployment_target=10.15 -Dv8_enable_backtrace=1 -Dv8_can_use_vfp2_instructions=true -Darm_fpu=vfpv2 -Dv8_can_use_vfp3_instructions=true -Darm_fpu=vfpv3 -Dwerror=''
  File "build/gyp/gyp", line 12
    except ImportError, e:
                      ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
gmake: *** [Makefile:268: out/Makefile.x64] Error 1

What ultimately helped me was this other forum I stumbled upon at https://www.bountysource.com/issues/82833405-libv8-fails-to-build-on-catalina-10-15

The final solution that worked for me:

I had to add these lines to my .zshrc file:

export CXX=clang++
export GYPFLAGS=-Dmac_deployment_target=10.15

Then I had to run these commands:

source ~/.zshrc
brew tap homebrew/homebrew-core
brew install v8@3.15
gem uninstall therubyracer
gem uninstall libv8
gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.19' -- --with-system-v8
gem install therubyracer -v '0.12.3' -- --with-v8-dir=/usr/local/opt/v8@3.15
bundle install

I hope someone else finds this useful!