therubyracer - Gem::Ext::BuildError: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension

Question

I\'m trying to install the following gem versions on Mavericks

• libv8 (3.16.14.3)
• therubyracer (0.12.1)

Obviously therubyracer gems depe

Answer 1

I couldn't get therubyracer to build on macOS Catalina 10.15 due to the libv8 dependency, despite installing the x64 (64-bit variant) of libv8.

The solution for me, was to switch from therubyracer to mini_racer, the mini_racer gem installed (without needing to build locally) and, hey presto! I could continue.

Try it!