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Question

My website has been broken since Dreamhost upgraded their servers a couple of weeks ago. I have been tearing my hair out trying to get it fixed and made some progress but am stu

Answer 1

libv8 is an OS library; you'll need to install the correct Linux system library. If you're running Ubuntu, it's

sudo apt-get install libv8-dev

Alternatively, you can install node.js which is available as a Debian/Ubuntu package for various distros, e.g. http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu

You may save yourself a lot of trouble by deploying on Heroku instead where you don't have to manage the OS or components for gems.