Macvim: Vim fails to load Ruby dynamic library

Created on 9 Oct 2019 · 19Comments · Source: macvim-dev/macvim

Describe the bug
After upgrading to Catalina, macvim fails to open while trying to load the Ruby dynamic library:

% vim
dyld: Library not loaded: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.3/usr/lib/libruby.2.3.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/8.1-157/MacVim.app/Contents/MacOS/Vim
  Reason: image not found

Catalina seems to ship with Ruby 2.6, not Ruby 2.3, so this path does not exist.

I have tried:

brew update && brew upgrade
brew reinstall ruby && brew reinstall macvim

To Reproduce:
vim --clean produces the error.

Expected behavior:
Vim should successfully open, using Ruby 2.6, either from macOS or from Homebrew.

Screenshots:
N/A

Environment:

Vim version 8.1-157
macOS 10.15 Catalina
iTerm2 3.3.5

Additional context:
N/A

Source

definelicht

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Most helpful comment

Just to clarify the above suggestion:
brew uninstall macvim && brew install macvim --HEAD

EmpireJones on 10 Oct 2019

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All 19 comments

Full duplicate of https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim/issues/947

Btw brew uninstall && brew install macvim --HEAD fixed the issue for me

skyksandr on 9 Oct 2019

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Just to clarify the above suggestion:
brew uninstall macvim && brew install macvim --HEAD

EmpireJones on 10 Oct 2019

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Completely unrelated to the ruby thing, but the solution to install from head produces the following error when using the help command (:h)

E432: Tags file not sorted: /usr/local/Cellar/macvim/HEAD-dc07a14/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim/runtime/doc/tags

I actually get the same error many times when using help. One time for each plugin that I have.

JezuzStardust on 10 Oct 2019

@JezuzStardust Please, create a new issue for this.

eirnym on 10 Oct 2019

An unfortunate consequence of this workaround:

macvim: A full installation of Xcode.app is required to compile
this software. Installing just the Command Line Tools is not sufficient.

definelicht on 10 Oct 2019

It has always been the case that a full installation of Xcode is needed to build MacVim.

chdiza on 10 Oct 2019

Yes, but it's not necessary to build MacVim when using the bottled version. So for those of us who don't have Xcode installed, we have to download and install this enormous thing for this workaround.

definelicht on 10 Oct 2019

@definelicht you still can download MacVim from GitHub and it's magically works on Catalina 10.15 even it's not the latest commit.

eirnym on 11 Oct 2019

brew install macvim --HEAD does not work for me:

==> Cloning https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim.git
Updating /Users/eric/Library/Caches/Homebrew/macvim--git
==> Checking out branch master
Already on 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
HEAD is now at dc07a14 Merge pull request #943 from ychin/macvim-tests
==> ./configure --with-features=huge --enable-multibyte --with-macarchs=x86_64 --enable-perlinterp --enable-rubyinterp
==> make
Last 15 lines from /Users/eric/Library/Logs/Homebrew/macvim/02.make:
    17  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff73a41405 start + 1
    18  ???                                 0x000000000000001d 0x0 + 29
)
libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException
Command CompileAssetCatalog failed with a nonzero exit code

warning: Traditional headermap style is no longer supported; please migrate to using separate headermaps and set 'ALWAYS_SEARCH_USER_PATHS' to NO. (in target 'QuickLookStephen' from project 'QuickLookStephen')warning: Traditional headermap style is no longer supported; please migrate to using separate headermaps and set 'ALWAYS_SEARCH_USER_PATHS' to NO. (in target 'MacVim' from project 'MacVim')
** BUILD FAILED **


The following build commands failed:
    CompileAssetCatalog /tmp/macvim-20191013-29805-1oz8sa9/src/MacVim/build/Release/PSMTabBarControl.framework/Versions/A/Resources /tmp/macvim-20191013-29805-1oz8sa9/src/MacVim/PSMTabBarControl/Media.xcassets
(1 failure)
make[1]: *** [macvim] Error 65
make: *** [first] Error 2

READ THIS: https://docs.brew.sh/Troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
macvim: upstream retagged https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/45016

UPDATE: It's working for me after I opened Xcode and installed all the components...

taiyangc on 13 Oct 2019

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Can someone place a working version in homebrew?

Thanks

rr0ss0rr on 17 Oct 2019

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Looks like HB doesn't specify where to look ruby, so ViM's configure doesn't recognize ruby 2.3 and refuses to build.

Formula's maintainers test only if Python 3 was taken from Homebrew, but not Ruby. Please, report them to fix the formula

eirnym on 20 Oct 2019

I have an idea: please, test vim from Homebrew and if there's no problems, just synchronize formulas

eirnym on 20 Oct 2019

vim install via brew works fine on catalina ... but I have no clue (at this moment) on creating or replacing a brew formula.

rr0ss0rr on 21 Oct 2019

Everything should be working fine now since PR Homebrew/homebrew-core#45624.

mvcouwen on 21 Oct 2019

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@mvcouwen Thank you!

@definelicht Could you check if it works in your environment?

eirnym on 21 Oct 2019

THANKS! .. Works great in 10.15

rr0ss0rr on 21 Oct 2019

@eirnym I can confirm that this works for me as well. Thank you!

definelicht on 22 Oct 2019

I can not confirm the solution, always end up with:
Warning: Building [email protected] from source: The bottle needs the Apple Command Line Tools to be installed. You can install them, if desired, with: xcode-select --install
although py3.9 is installed on my mac.