Go-ethereum: geth crashes on launch on OS X 10.12.x "Killed: 9"

Created on 17 Mar 2017 · 17Comments · Source: ethereum/go-ethereum

System information

Geth version:

brew install ethereum
Updating Homebrew...
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Updated 1 tap (homebrew/core).
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Warning: ethereum/ethereum/ethereum-1.5.9 already installed

OS & Version: OS X 10.12.3

Commit hash : N/A

Expected behaviour

Does not crash

Actual behaviour

Crashes (Killed: 9) regardless of the argument

Steps to reproduce the behaviour

brew tap ethereum/ethereum
brew install ethereum
geth

Backtrace

N/A

Source

davidvartan

Most helpful comment

thanks @fjl can confirm reinstalling with the developer branch with homebrew worked on osx10.12.4.

brew reinstall ethereum --devel

nginnever on 2 Apr 2017

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All 17 comments

gkivanov on 27 Mar 2017

chihoko on 28 Mar 2017

+1
Same problem appear when I install the devel branch using brew install ethereum --devel

asiron on 28 Mar 2017

I tried building geth from Source too, and got the same error.

RenSilvaAU on 29 Mar 2017

+1 same error here.

mariolfi on 29 Mar 2017

Could you please update a crash log containing the back trace?

obscuren on 29 Mar 2017

realTimYang on 29 Mar 2017

I get this too. There is no stack trace.

fjl on 29 Mar 2017

Please use --devel as a workaround. The underlying issue is a Go compiler incompatibility with the Xcode 8.3 linker that affects almost all Go programs We will prepare a new stable release soon.

fjl on 29 Mar 2017

@fjl thanks for the help, I'm still getting the same error when I try geth --devel. Thoughts on how to solve it? Thanks!

mariolfi on 30 Mar 2017

I am getting the same error here too, don't really know how to get around. Would appreciate someone pointing somewhere to start with.

morriswong on 31 Mar 2017

geth --devel

... still gets the same result (Killed: 9)

tried uninstalling ethereum and installing again to no avail

RenSilvaAU on 1 Apr 2017

Please use --devel as a workaround.

I meant: Please run brew reinstall go-ethereum --devel to get the unstable 1.6 release. Sorry if it was unclear.

fjl on 2 Apr 2017

thanks @fjl can confirm reinstalling with the developer branch with homebrew worked on osx10.12.4.

brew reinstall ethereum --devel

nginnever on 2 Apr 2017

👍3

Had the same issue. Confirming unlinking stable versionbrew unlink ethereum and installing --devel via brew install ethereum --develworked.

yacinebaroudi on 5 Apr 2017

the order # brew reinstall ethereum --devel is ok !thanks @fjl

ZWHe2016 on 5 Apr 2017

brew reinstall ethereum --devel is not working OS X 10.12. The installation prints out a message stating no support. Could I install and mine if I use an older operating system? geth: command not found