(RUBY) Could not find a JavaScript runtime. See https://github.com/rails/execjs for a list of available runtimes. (ExecJS::RuntimeUnavailable)

[JaeSeung]

I hope to activate rails server, but it couldn't.... please help me ... i don;t know what i have to do;;;;;

/home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/execjs-2.6.0/lib/execjs/runtimes.rb:48:in autodetect': Could not find a JavaScript runtime. See https://github.com/rails/execjs for a list of available runtimes. (ExecJS::RuntimeUnavailable) from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/execjs-2.6.0/lib/execjs.rb:5:inmodule:ExecJS' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/execjs-2.6.0/lib/execjs.rb:4:in <top (required)>' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/uglifier-2.7.2/lib/uglifier.rb:3:inrequire' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/uglifier-2.7.2/lib/uglifier.rb:3:in <top (required)>' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:76:inrequire' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:76:in block (2 levels) in require' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:72:ineach' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:72:in block in require' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:61:ineach' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:61:in require' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/bundler-1.10.6/lib/bundler.rb:134:inrequire' from /home/ec2-user/config/application.rb:7:in <top (required)>' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:74:inrequire' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:74:in block in <top (required)>' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:71:intap' from /home/ec2-user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p643/gems/railties-4.0.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:71:in <top (required)>' from bin/rails:4:inrequire' from bin/rails:4:in `

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[justincorrigible]

This fixed it for me. Old post, but this may help someone else: which node And then sudo ln -s "whatever path came out" /usr/bin/node

[digaoddc]

If you run into this issue, you may be tempted to add therubyracer to your gemfile. Prefer to use NodeJS instead, if your application runs in a multithreaded environment. Sidekiq itself considers therubyracer as a non thread-safe gem.