Error running rails server - Symbol not found - therubyracer

Question

I have this setup:

OSX El Capitan 10.11.1
Ruby 2.0.0p247 (Rbenv) (I don't have RVM)
Rails 4.1.14.1

I run bundle install and everything looks ok, but when I run rails server, it returns this message:

dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: __ZN2v82V821AddGCPrologueCallbackEPFvNS_6GCTypeENS_15GCCallbackFlagsEES1_
  Referenced from: /Users/cleytonmessias/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/therubyracer-0.12.1/lib/v8/init.bundle
  Expected in: flat namespace

dyld: Symbol not found: __ZN2v82V821AddGCPrologueCallbackEPFvNS_6GCTypeENS_15GCCallbackFlagsEES1_
  Referenced from: /Users/cleytonmessias/.rbenv/versions/2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/gems/2.0.0/gems/therubyracer-0.12.1/lib/v8/init.bundle
  Expected in: flat namespace

Trace/BPT trap: 5

I've seen some people with this problem here but no solution until now.

Here's my Gemfile.

@SsouLlesS I've edit and [put it](https://gist.github.com/a500f9f0ac37f8c77429) — Cleyton, Mar 04 '16 at 15:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 07 '16 at 19:03

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I am actually not Mac user but for curiosity I tried to find solution. I see that there is an incompatibility of software with particular OS X version. Most of the solution is shows to upgrade software. Out of many answers following seems correct to me :

gem uninstall therubyracer
gem install therubyracer -v '0.12.2' -- --with-system-v8

In my Ubuntu system, I am using NodeJS as a javascript runtime. I suggest to use it if possible.

Hope that helps!!

answered Mar 07 '16 at 19:03

Anand Soni

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Can you explain more? – Cleyton Mar 08 '16 at 16:06
rather to use therubyracer, use NodeJS. it is workaround. – Anand Soni Mar 09 '16 at 07:57
Yes I always have nodeJS installed on mac then there is no need for therubyracer gem – Kimmo Hintikka Mar 11 '16 at 12:50
Yes, @KimmoHintikka I also do the same. – Anand Soni Mar 11 '16 at 13:10

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '21 at 12:11

Mac OS Big Sur Issue solve for mini-racer gem: I faced similar error with mini_racer gem. I updated the version from 3.0.1 to 4.0.0 in my gemfile and it worked. Not getting any error now. Mostly it is the problem of version. Sometimes the version of the gem is not compatible with our OS version and this problem can occur. I was using macOS Big Sur. Many old versions of gems are not compatible with it.

Error running rails server - Symbol not found - therubyracer

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