# Trouble installing/running on OS X 10.13

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/trouble-installing-running-on-os-x-10-13/2414>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 12, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/trouble-installing-running-on-os-x-10-13/2414 "2018-12-12T21:58:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@jld](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/jld)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/trouble-installing-running-on-os-x-10-13/2414/1 "2018-12-12T21:58:16Z")

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Hi, I’m having trouble building the native extensions when installing as a normal user. I can install Jekyll as sudo, but it fails to run if I do.

I have included some of my config and the error message below.

You can see, my ruby path, my $PATH, the results of `gem install bundler jekyll`, the results of `sudo gem install jekyll`, and me trying to run `jekyll new`.

If you have additional questions, let me know.

Any advice?  
Thanks for your time.

```
   ✘  ~  which ruby
/usr/bin/ruby
 ~  echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/bin:/Applications/Server.app/Contents/ServerRoot/usr/sbin:/Applications/Wireshark.app/Contents/MacOS:/Users/john/bin:/Users/john/.local/lib/aws/bin:/Applications/Postgres.app/Contents/Versions/latest/bin:/usr/local/Cellar/opencv/2.4.13.1/bin:/usr/local/opt/mongodb@3.4/bin:/Users/john/.gem/ruby/2.3.0/bin:/Users/john/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/
 ~  gem install bundler jekyll
Successfully installed bundler-1.17.2
Parsing documentation for bundler-1.17.2
Done installing documentation for bundler after 4 seconds
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
ERROR: Error installing jekyll:
	ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20181212-58206-ghvs7e.rb extconf.rb
checking for ffi.h... no
checking for ffi.h in /usr/local/include,/usr/include/ffi... yes
checking for ffi_call() in -lffi... yes
checking for ffi_closure_alloc()... no
checking for ffi_raw_call()... no
checking for shlwapi.h... no
checking for ruby/thread.h... yes
checking for rb_thread_blocking_region()... no
checking for rb_thread_call_with_gvl()... yes
checking for rb_thread_call_without_gvl()... yes
creating extconf.h
creating Makefile

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

  /Users/john/.gem/extensions/universal-darwin-17/2.3.0/ffi-1.9.25/mkmf.log

current directory: /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c
make "DESTDIR=" clean

current directory: /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c
make "DESTDIR="
mkdir -p "/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c"/libffi-i386; (if [! -f "/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi"/configure]; then echo "Running autoreconf for libffi"; cd "/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi" && /bin/sh /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/autogen.sh > /dev/null; fi); (if [! -f "/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c"/libffi-i386/Makefile]; then echo "Configuring libffi for i386"; cd "/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c"/libffi-i386 && env CC=" xcrun clang" CFLAGS="-arch i386 " LDFLAGS="-arch i386" "/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi"/configure --disable-static --with-pic=yes --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-docs --host=i386-apple-darwin > /dev/null; fi); env MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.4 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make -C "/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c"/libffi-i386
Configuring libffi for i386
clang: error: unsupported option '-print-multi-os-directory'
clang: error: no input files
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make 'AR_FLAGS=' 'CC_FOR_BUILD=' 'CFLAGS=-arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions' 'CXXFLAGS=-g -O2' 'CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD=' 'CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=' 'INSTALL=/usr/bin/install -c' 'INSTALL_DATA=/usr/bin/install -c -m 644' 'INSTALL_PROGRAM=/usr/bin/install -c' 'INSTALL_SCRIPT=/usr/bin/install -c' 'JC1FLAGS=' 'LDFLAGS=-arch i386' 'LIBCFLAGS=' 'LIBCFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=' 'MAKE=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make' 'MAKEINFO=/bin/sh /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/missing makeinfo ' 'PICFLAG=' 'PICFLAG_FOR_TARGET=' 'RUNTESTFLAGS=' 'SHELL=/bin/sh' 'exec_prefix=/usr/local' 'infodir=/usr/local/share/info' 'libdir=/usr/local/lib' 'mandir=/usr/local/share/man' 'prefix=/usr/local' 'AR=ar' 'AS=as' 'CC=xcrun clang' 'CXX=g++' 'LD=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/ld' 'NM=nm' 'RANLIB=ranlib' 'DESTDIR=' all-recursive
Making all in include
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in testsuite
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
Making all in man
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c -o src/prep_cif.lo /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/prep_cif.c
libtool: compile: xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/prep_cif.c -fno-common -DPIC -o src/.libs/prep_cif.o
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c -o src/types.lo /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/types.c
libtool: compile: xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/types.c -fno-common -DPIC -o src/.libs/types.o
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c -o src/raw_api.lo /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/raw_api.c
libtool: compile: xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/raw_api.c -fno-common -DPIC -o src/.libs/raw_api.o
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c -o src/java_raw_api.lo /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c
libtool: compile: xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/java_raw_api.c -fno-common -DPIC -o src/.libs/java_raw_api.o
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c -o src/closures.lo /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/closures.c
libtool: compile: xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/closures.c -fno-common -DPIC -o src/.libs/closures.o
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c -o src/x86/ffi.lo /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/x86/ffi.c
libtool: compile: xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -c /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/x86/ffi.c -fno-common -DPIC -o src/x86/.libs/ffi.o
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -c -o src/x86/sysv.lo /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S
libtool: compile: xcrun clang -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -I. -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/include -Iinclude -I/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src -arch i386 -c /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S -fno-common -DPIC -o src/x86/.libs/sysv.o
/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S:808:11: warning: section "__textcoal_nt" is deprecated
 .section __TEXT,__ textcoal_nt,coalesced,pure_instructions; .weak_definition ___x86.get_pc_thunk.bx; .private_extern___ x86.get_pc_thunk.bx
          ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S:808:11: note: change section name to "__text"
 .section __TEXT,__ textcoal_nt,coalesced,pure_instructions; .weak_definition ___x86.get_pc_thunk.bx; .private_extern___ x86.get_pc_thunk.bx
          ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S:814:11: warning: section "__textcoal_nt" is deprecated
 .section __TEXT,__ textcoal_nt,coalesced,pure_instructions; .weak_definition ___x86.get_pc_thunk.dx; .private_extern___ x86.get_pc_thunk.dx
          ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/src/x86/sysv.S:814:11: note: change section name to "__text"
 .section __TEXT,__ textcoal_nt,coalesced,pure_instructions; .weak_definition ___x86.get_pc_thunk.dx; .private_extern___ x86.get_pc_thunk.dx
          ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=link xcrun clang -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -arch i386 -o libffi_convenience.la src/prep_cif.lo src/types.lo src/raw_api.lo src/java_raw_api.lo src/closures.lo src/x86/ffi.lo src/x86/sysv.lo
libtool: link: ar cru .libs/libffi_convenience.a src/.libs/prep_cif.o src/.libs/types.o src/.libs/raw_api.o src/.libs/java_raw_api.o src/.libs/closures.o src/x86/.libs/ffi.o src/x86/.libs/sysv.o
libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libffi_convenience.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libffi_convenience.la" && ln -s "../libffi_convenience.la" "libffi_convenience.la" )
/bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=link xcrun clang -arch i386 -Wall -fexceptions -no-undefined -version-info `grep -v '^#' /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c/libffi/libtool-version` '-arch' 'i386' -arch i386 -o libffi.la -rpath /usr/local/lib src/prep_cif.lo src/types.lo src/raw_api.lo src/java_raw_api.lo src/closures.lo src/x86/ffi.lo src/x86/sysv.lo
libtool: link: xcrun clang -dynamiclib -o .libs/libffi.7.dylib src/.libs/prep_cif.o src/.libs/types.o src/.libs/raw_api.o src/.libs/java_raw_api.o src/.libs/closures.o src/x86/.libs/ffi.o src/x86/.libs/sysv.o -arch i386 -arch i386 -arch i386 -install_name /usr/local/lib/libffi.7.dylib -compatibility_version 9 -current_version 9.0 -Wl,-single_module
ld: library not found for -ldylib1.o
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[3]: *** [libffi.la] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make: *** ["/Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25/ext/ffi_c"/libffi-i386/.libs/libffi_convenience.a] Error 2

make failed, exit code 2

Gem files will remain installed in /Users/john/.gem/gems/ffi-1.9.25 for inspection.
Results logged to /Users/john/.gem/extensions/universal-darwin-17/2.3.0/ffi-1.9.25/gem_make.out
1 gem installed
 ✘  ~  sudo gem install jekyll
Fetching: jekyll-3.8.5.gem (100%)
Successfully installed jekyll-3.8.5
Parsing documentation for jekyll-3.8.5
Installing ri documentation for jekyll-3.8.5
Done installing documentation for jekyll after 2 seconds
1 gem installed
 ~  jekyll new
/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/lib/ruby/2.3.0/rubygems.rb:241:in `bin_path': can't find gem jekyll (>= 0.a) (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
	from /usr/local/bin/jekyll:22:in `<main>'
```

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**Author:** ![jld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@jld](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/jld)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/trouble-installing-running-on-os-x-10-13/2414/2 "2018-12-13T00:32:41Z")

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I was able to solve my issues using details from this thread:

> [@Issues installing Jekyll on macOS Mojave](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/issues-installing-jekyll-on-macos-mojave/2400):
>
> Some macOS users are reporting [install issues](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/7274) so I took some time to try figure it out. The end goal is to solve this and improve the docs. I was able to successfully install Jekyll with the following steps. Install Xcode Command Line Tools Install the Xcode Command Line Tools using your Terminal app. xcode-select --install You will get a prompt and have to click the install button. (We don’t need Xcode ignore get Xcode option ). After installing the Xcode Command Line Tools you need…

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**Author:** ![mydream19](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mydream19](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/mydream19)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/trouble-installing-running-on-os-x-10-13/2414/3 "2019-03-28T14:37:17Z")

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It is because of the issue [#607](https://github.com/ffi/ffi/issues/607).  
Can be solved by this [#611](https://github.com/ffi/ffi/issues/611#issuecomment-364621532)