An error occurred while installing libv8 (3.16.14.7), and Bundler cannot continue

Question

I'm getting a cyclic error here:

Bundler::GemspecError: Could not read gem at /path/to/website/vendor/cache/ruby/2.1.0/cache/libv8-3.16.14.7-x86_64-darwin-14.gem. It may be corrupted.
An error occurred while installing libv8 (3.16.14.7), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.7'` succeeds before bundling.

$ gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.7'

Successfully installed libv8-3.16.14.7-x86_64-darwin-14
/Users/snowcrash/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/gems/rdoc-4.0.1/lib/rdoc/markdown.rb:15931: warning: encountered \r in middle of line, treated as a mere space
Parsing documentation for libv8-3.16.14.7-x86_64-darwin-14
Done installing documentation for libv8 after 0 seconds
1 gem installed

$ bundle install --path vendor/cache
... many lines here ...
Using koala (1.10.1) 

Bundler::GemspecError: Could not read gem at /path/to/website/vendor/cache/ruby/2.1.0/cache/libv8-3.16.14.7-x86_64-darwin-14.gem. It may be corrupted.
An error occurred while installing libv8 (3.16.14.7), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.7'` succeeds before bundling.

Any suggestions?

==== UPDATE

I tried deleting all cache data with rm -rf ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.5/cache/ and now bundle install --path vendor/cache gives me:

Bundler::GemspecError: Could not read gem at /path/to/website/vendor/cache/ruby/2.1.0/cache/libv8-3.16.14.7-x86_64-darwin-14.gem. It may be corrupted.
An error occurred while installing libv8 (3.16.14.7), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.7'` succeeds before bundling.

David Hempy · Answer 1 · 2022-12-06T19:33:05.230

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For MacOS Catalina, Big Sur, and Monterey:

brew install v8@3.15
bundle config build.libv8 --with-system-v8
bundle config build.therubyracer --with-v8-dir=$(brew --prefix v8@3.15)
bundle

(update version numbers as needed)

edited Dec 06 '22 at 19:33

answered Jun 16 '20 at 16:17

David Hempy

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Thanks, it works for Catalina when all the previous solutions failed. – Malay Jun 17 '20 at 12:28
I'm (newly) on Catalina, myself. – David Hempy Jun 17 '20 at 20:03
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Thanks for MACOS solution! – SERGHII Jun 22 '20 at 11:31
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Thank you! I followed other instructions that executes gem install (i.e. gem install libv8 -v 'YOUR_VERSION' -- --with-system-v8 and gem install therubyracer -v 'YOUR_VERSION' -- --with-v8-dir=/usr/local/opt/v8@3.15) and setting the bundle config build is key. – oky_sabeni Dec 11 '20 at 14:51
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`bundle config build.libv8 --with-system-v8` solved a problem in Ubuntu 20.10. – Vadym Jul 20 '21 at 07:51
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thank you so much. I've been facing this issue for a while and tried many things and finally found your answer. It helped in Big sur. – Chintu Karthi Dec 10 '21 at 11:14

score 29 · Answer 2 · edited May 04 '20 at 20:36

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Facing the same issue, install gem with system preferences worked for me

gem install libv8 -v '3.16.14.7' -- --with-system-v8

edited May 04 '20 at 20:36

shilovk

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answered Mar 27 '19 at 10:49

S.D

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What does `--with-system-v8` do ? @S.D – Vishwas Nahar May 18 '20 at 08:15
I had to do this after upgrading to macos Bigsur – Kapidis Mar 16 '21 at 20:36

score 14 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 17 '16 at 18:30

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Usually the solution for this is updating libv8 to the latest version:

bundle update libv8

answered Aug 17 '16 at 18:30

Guilherme Garnier

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score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 15 '20 at 10:44

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Run the following bundle config command then run bundle again

bundle config build.libv8 --with-system-v8

answered Jul 15 '20 at 10:44

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score 6 · Answer 5 · edited Jun 18 '20 at 14:25

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Run the following command than run the bundle install again.

rm ~/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/cache/libv8-3.16.14.7-x86_64-linux.gem

edited Jun 18 '20 at 14:25

David Hempy

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answered Jan 30 '15 at 19:13

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An error occurred while installing libv8 (3.16.14.7), and Bundler cannot continue

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