v8js Installation

Drivers

Bitnami Installs on Windows, Mac, and Linux

The Bitnami packages come with v8js already install and running. No further action is necessary.

Linux -- Debian/Ubuntu

Version 0.1.3

If you wish to install an older version of v8js, you can follow these instructions

• Ensure that you have the php-pear and php5-dev packages installed on your system. You will also need to install the v8 dev library and g++ and cpp from the package manager
  • $ sudo apt-get install php-pear php5-dev libv8-dev g++ cpp
• Use PECL to make the v8js.so file
  • $ sudo pecl install v8js-0.1.3
  • If the the install generates any errors it has failed. You will need to troubleshoot based on the error reported.
• Create a module file for your v8js installation.
  • $ sudo touch /etc/php5/mods-available/v8js.ini
• Edit the file you just created in your preferred text editor.
  • There is a single line in the file it looks like this:
  • extension=v8js.so
• Enable the php extension
  • $ sudo php5enmod v8js
• Restart your web service service
  • $ sudo service apache2 restart or

$ sudo service php5-fpm restart $ sudo service nginx restart

Version 0.4.1

This is for a newer version of the driver, but requires manually compiling the library.
Instructions are adapted from here: [phpv8 github](https://github.com/phpv8/v8js/blob/master/README.Linux.md)

• Ensure that you have the php-pear and php5-dev packages installed on your system. You will also need to install git, g++, and cpp from the package manager

  • $ sudo apt-get install php-pear php5-dev git g++ cpp

• Build the v8 library

  • $ cd /tmp

$ git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git $ export PATH=`pwd`/depot_tools:"$PATH" $ fetch v8 $ cd v8 $ gclient sync $ make native library=shared snapshot=off -j8\ $ sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib /usr/include $ sudo cp out/native/lib.target/lib*.so /usr/lib/ $ sudo cp -R include/* /usr/include $ echo -e "create /usr/lib/libv8_libplatform.a\naddlib out/native/obj.target/tools/gyp/libv8_libplatform.a\nsave\nend" | sudo ar -M

$ sudo cp out/native/lib.target/lib*.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/