Error installing nokogiri: Failed to build gem native extension & libiconv is missing (OSX)

Question

I try to clone this repo and run bundle install. The bundle process failed and throw this error:

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    Installing nokogiri 1.6.2.1 with na         


        

Answer 1

I had the similar issue. The reason was outdated xcode.

If you run brew doctor you might see it. Just open AppStore, got to updates tab and update your xcode.

Answer 2

What worked for me (on macOS Sierra) was a combination of Sam's answer and the following:

gem install nokogiri -- --with-xml2-include=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.12.sdk/usr/include/libxml2 --use-system-libraries

Answer 3

Seems like this is due to nokogiri 1.6.2.1 specific problem.

I add this inside my Gemfile:

gem 'nokogiri', '~> 1.6', '>= 1.6.7'

And run bundle update nokogiri and then bundle. Everything now working fine.