As you can see below, libv8 installs fine, but therubyracer doesn't. I'm using Mac 10.7.4.
~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1> gem install libv8
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed libv8-3.11.8.3
1 gem installed
Installing ri documentation for libv8-3.11.8.3...
Installing RDoc documentation for libv8-3.11.8.3...
~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1> gem install therubyracer
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing therubyracer:
ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.
/Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/bin/ruby extconf.rb
checking for main() in -lobjc... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of
necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more
details. You may need configuration options.
Provided configuration options:
--with-opt-dir
--with-opt-include
--without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include
--with-opt-lib
--without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib
--with-make-prog
--without-make-prog
--srcdir=.
--curdir
--ruby=/Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/bin/ruby
--with-objclib
--without-objclib
/Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:381:in `try_do': The compiler failed to generate an executable file. (RuntimeError)
You have to install development tools first.
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:461:in `try_link0'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:476:in `try_link'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:619:in `try_func'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:845:in `block in have_library'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:790:in `block in checking_for'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block (2 levels) in postpone'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:284:in `block in postpone'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:254:in `open'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:280:in `postpone'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:789:in `checking_for'
from /Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/mkmf.rb:840:in `have_library'
from extconf.rb:10:in `<main>'
Gem files will remain installed in /Users/rdp/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p125/gems/therubyracer-0.10.1 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/rdp/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p125/gems/therubyracer-0.10.1/ext/v8/gem_make.out
Here's the mkmf.log, which is located in ~/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/gems/1.9/gems/therubyracer-0.10.1/ext/v8>.
File Edit Options Buffers Tools Help
"/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 -o conftest -I/Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/include/ruby-1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.3.0 -I/Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/include/ruby-1.9.1/rub\
y/backward -I/Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/include/ruby-1.9.1 -I. -I/Users/rdp/.rvm/usr/include -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE -O3 -ggdb -Wextra -Wno-unused-\
parameter -Wno-parentheses -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wpointer-arith -Wwrite-strings -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wshorten-64-to-32 -Wimplicit-functio\
n-declaration -fno-common -pipe conftest.c -L. -L/Users/rdp/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p125/lib -L/Users/rdp/.rvm/usr/lib -L. -lruby.1.9.1 -lpthread -ldl -lobjc "
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2:
3: int main() {return 0;}
/* end */
You can use the Libv8 from the brew instead of the one from gem. You can do that by following commands:
$ gem uninstall libv8
$ brew install v8
$ gem install therubyracer