How to install Nokogiri on Mac OS Sierra 10.12

Question

I\'m having troubles installing Nokogiri (1.6.8.1) on Mac OS Sierra 10.12.

I tried using brew install libxml2 libxslt and then referencing the install direc

Answer 1

gem update --system
xcode-select --install
brew unlink xz
gem install nokogiri -v '1.6.8.1'
brew link xz

If the above steps fail to fix the issue, what has also worked for me is running brew doctor and cleaning up any unbrewed header files.