^
compilation terminated.
Makefile:207: recipe for target 'mini_racer_extension.o' failed
make: *** [mini_racer_extension.o] Error 1
make failed, exit code 2
Gem files will remain installed in /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/gems/mini_racer-0.1.9 for inspection.
Results logged to /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/mini_racer-0.1.9/gem_make.out
```
and [this](https://gist.github.com/Alavi1412/b36f82f6d5557c0a8748b7ed0553e3d7) is the mkmf.log file.
how should I solve this probelm?
can I download this gem manually to avoid this error?
---
### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/2 "2017-06-28T07:05:37Z")
You need to install whatever provides `libplatform/libplatform.h`. Given that Kali is Debian-derived, apparently, that’s probably `nodejs-dev`.
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/3 "2017-06-28T07:12:12Z")
I have that.
and I upgrade this by `sudo apt-get upgrade nodejs-dev` but the problem still exist.
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2017, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/4 "2017-06-28T07:16:09Z")
> [@Alavi1412](#):
>
> I have that.
Well, no, you _don’t_, because if you did, the compiler wouldn’t be complaining about
```
fatal error: libplatform/libplatform.h: No such file or directory
```
> [@Alavi1412](#):
>
> I upgrade this by sudo apt-get upgrade nodejs-dev
That’s not how you upgrade a single package.
Perhaps Kali doesn’t ship with a new enough version of nodejs-dev; if so, you’ll need to raise that on a Kali Linux-related support channel to obtain guidance on how to resolve that issue.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/5 "2017-06-28T16:29:22Z")
Hmmm is this a 32 bit kali linux or a 64 bit one?
Regardless try `gem install libv8` if that does not work, raise an issue ▶ [GitHub - rubyjs/libv8: Ruby gem binary distribution of the V8 JavaScript engine · GitHub](https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8)
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/6 "2017-06-29T11:24:16Z")
64bit kali.
> [@sam](#):
>
> Regardless try gem install libv8 if that does not work, raise an issue ▶ [GitHub - rubyjs/libv8: Ruby gem binary distribution of the V8 JavaScript engine · GitHub](https://github.com/cowboyd/libv8)
no it doesn’t work
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### Author:  [@Alavi1412](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alavi1412)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/7 "2017-07-04T06:40:49Z")
Is there any way to add `ibplatform/libplatform.h` to my system manually to avoid this error?
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/8 "2017-07-04T08:14:30Z")
That’ll only get you past that specific error; the linker will then fail because it’s almost certain the library isn’t installed, either. This is not a Discourse-specific problem, it’s an issue with your distro.
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### Author:  [@SourceParts](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SourceParts)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/9 "2019-02-26T08:55:38Z")
This resolved the issue for me in another distro.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-mini-racer-gem-on-kali-linux/65250/10 "2022-03-29T09:01:48Z")