solve no such file to load — openssl error

Hi all

Was updating one server with rails 2.2.2 to rails 2.3.8. I upgraded ruby from 1.8.6 to 1.8.7 and also rubygems to 1.3.4 version from a source. When i did ruby script/server to start the server I got this error no such file to load — openssl

After a 15 mins R&D i found that this usually happens on an Ubuntu machine (which it was in my case). The solution is as follows

First install libssl using

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev

Than go to the source of ruby and go to the following path

cd ext/openssl

Run the command one after the others.

ruby extconf.rb
make
sudo make install

Now try to do ruby script/server again……and boooooooom! solved.. Even after trying this you are stuck let me know I shall help you out.

Thanks

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5 comments

  • ken

    excellent fix. been recompiling the whole ruby… didn’t know you can just compile that one component and add to ruby.

  • Sorry for the newbie question. I’m trying to figure out what the path to my ruby source is. I installed ruby 1.9.3 using rvm on Ubuntu 11.10. I can’t figure out where ext/openssl is.

  • Hi

    Its on the source path. i.e the path from where you installed ruby.

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks

  • Loganathan

    Thanks worked fine 🙂

  • tim

    You can search for the install directory…
    sudo find / -name openssl -type d
    it’ll list all directories, it’ll be easy to find ext/openssl

    mine was in /tmp directory. Ran the commands, and BAM! done deal.

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