PhantomJS: getting “Killed: 9” for anything I'm trying

Question

Just installed phantomjs, mac os x yosemite. Whenever I run /bin/phantomjs, with any parameter, I get Killed: 9. Any idea?

Answer 1

Blunt re-install using brew

Whatever is in /usr/local/bin/phantomjs has stopped working for you.

If you've got ~30mins to spare you can reinstall and relink using brew:

  # unlink old version
  brew unlink phantomjs

  # reinstall phantomjs
  brew update && brew install phantomjs

  # (You may wish to make a refreshing herbal tea or similar beverage here...)

  # Update link to usr/local/bin
  brew link --overwrite phantomjs

If you want to test what brew will do with overwrite you can run

 brew link --overwrite --dry-run phantomjs