# Fails to require OpenSSL **URL:** \ **Category:** ruby-talk\ **Created:** [27 February 2015 19:19 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/fails-to-require-openssl/70601 "2015-02-27T19:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Himel\_Sarkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/59ef9b/32.png) [@Himel\_Sarkar](https://rubytalk.org/u/Himel_Sarkar)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2015 19:19 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/fails-to-require-openssl/70601/1 "2015-02-27T19:19:20Z")
Hey! So I had a little bit of a problem! I'm running Ruby 2.2 with Rails 2.3. I'm trying upgrade rails to advances versions. But everytime I run gem install rails. this happens. himel@ubuntu:~/Downloads/Rubynew/ruby-2.2.0$ sudo gem install rails Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing rails:     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.     /usr/local/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20150228-25704-26oogh.rb extconf.rb checking if the C compiler accepts ... yes Building nokogiri using packaged libraries. \*\*\* extconf.rb failed \*\*\* Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You may need configuration options. Provided configuration options:     --with-opt-dir     --without-opt-dir     --with-opt-include     --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include     --with-opt-lib     --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib     --with-make-prog     --without-make-prog     --srcdir=.     --curdir     --ruby=/usr/local/bin/$(RUBY\_BASE\_NAME)     --help     --clean     --use-system-libraries /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in `require': cannot load such file -- openssl (LoadError)     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in `require'     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/net/https.rb:22:in `\'     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in `require'     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in `require'     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/mini\_portile-0.6.2/lib/mini\_portile.rb:3:in `\'     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:128:in `require'     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:128:in `rescue in require'     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:39:in `require'     from extconf.rb:395:in `\' extconf failed, exit code 1 Gem files will remain installed in /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/nokogiri-1.6.6.2 for inspection. Results logged to /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/extensions/x86\_64-linux/2.2.0-static/nokogiri-1.6.6.2/gem\_make.out \*The other problem is that Ruby is failing to require openSSL whereas it is already installed in the computer. I'm changed the Ruby gem sources to [http://rubygems.org](http://rubygems.org) instead of the https:// version. I've rebuilt Ruby multiple times. Can someone help me out? I'm really stuck here and don't know what to do. \* > **···** > > -- > Himel Sarkar, > \*[himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com](http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com) \<[http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com](http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com)\>\* > > \* Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The > round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. > They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You > can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only > thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push > the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we > see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can > change the world are the ones who do.\* ---
**Author:** ![Eugeniu\_T](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/rubytalk.org/eugeniu_t/32/1947_2.png) [@Eugeniu\_T](https://rubytalk.org/u/Eugeniu_T)\ **Post date:** [27 February 2015 20:05 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/fails-to-require-openssl/70601/2 "2015-02-27T20:05:44Z")
Hi, if you have mac you need to isntall xcode, after it launch this command: xcode-select --install > **···** > > 2015-02-27 20:19 GMT+01:00 Himel Sarkar \: > > > Hey! So I had a little bit of a problem! > > > > I'm running Ruby 2.2 with Rails 2.3. I'm trying upgrade rails to advances > > versions. But everytime I run gem install rails. this happens. > > > > himel@ubuntu:~/Downloads/Rubynew/ruby-2.2.0$ sudo gem install rails > > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > > ERROR: Error installing rails: > >     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > > >     /usr/local/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20150228-25704-26oogh.rb extconf.rb > > checking if the C compiler accepts ... yes > > Building nokogiri using packaged libraries. > > \*\*\* extconf.rb failed \*\*\* > > Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary > > libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You > > may > > need configuration options. > > > > Provided configuration options: > >     --with-opt-dir > >     --without-opt-dir > >     --with-opt-include > >     --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include > >     --with-opt-lib > >     --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib > >     --with-make-prog > >     --without-make-prog > >     --srcdir=. > >     --curdir > >     --ruby=/usr/local/bin/$(RUBY\_BASE\_NAME) > >     --help > >     --clean > >     --use-system-libraries > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in > > `require': cannot load such file -- openssl (LoadError) > >     from > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in > > `require' > >     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/net/https.rb:22:in `\' > >     from > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in > > `require' > >     from > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in > > `require' > >     from > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/mini\_portile-0.6.2/lib/mini\_portile.rb:3:in > > `\' > >     from > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:128:in > > `require' > >     from > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:128:in > > `rescue in require' > >     from > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:39:in > > `require' > >     from extconf.rb:395:in `\' > > > > extconf failed, exit code 1 > > > > Gem files will remain installed in > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/nokogiri-1.6.6.2 for inspection. > > Results logged to > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/extensions/x86\_64-linux/2.2.0-static/nokogiri-1.6.6.2/gem\_make.out > > > > \*The other problem is that Ruby is failing to require openSSL whereas it > > is already installed in the computer. I'm changed the Ruby gem sources to > > [http://rubygems.org](http://rubygems.org) instead of the https:// version. > > I've rebuilt Ruby multiple times. Can someone help me out? I'm really stuck > > here and don't know what to do. \* > > > > -- > > Himel Sarkar, > > \*himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com \<[http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com](http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com)\>\* > > > > \* Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. > > The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. > > They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You > > can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only > > thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push > > the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we > > see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can > > change the world are the ones who do.\* ---
**Author:** ![Panagiotis\_Atmatzidi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@Panagiotis\_Atmatzidi](https://rubytalk.org/u/Panagiotis_Atmatzidi)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2015 05:44 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/fails-to-require-openssl/70601/3 "2015-02-28T05:44:07Z")
Hello, Ubuntu and all debian derivatives have a sort of \*-dev packages, which are required. For example, to build ruby manually on digital ocean, you need the following command (as root or with ’sudo’): > # apt-get install build-essential openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev ncurses-dev automake libtool bison nodejs subversion See if there’s anything missing from your ubuntu installation, for example ‘libssl-dev’ might be missing. Panagiotis (atmosx) Atmatzidis email: atma@convalesco.org URL: [http://www.convalesco.org](http://www.convalesco.org) GnuPG ID: 0x1A7BFEC5 gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 1A7BFEC5 “There’s something that I’ve learned. I don’t believe in predetermined faith!” - Hitomi Kanzaki ---
**Author:** ![Himel\_Sarkar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/59ef9b/32.png) [@Himel\_Sarkar](https://rubytalk.org/u/Himel_Sarkar)\ **Post date:** [28 February 2015 04:44 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/fails-to-require-openssl/70601/4 "2015-02-28T04:44:40Z")
No I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 > **···** > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 1:35 AM, Eugeniu T. \ wrote: > > > Hi, if you have mac you need to isntall xcode, after it launch this > > command: xcode-select --install > > > > 2015-02-27 20:19 GMT+01:00 Himel Sarkar \: > > > > > Hey! So I had a little bit of a problem! > > > > > > I'm running Ruby 2.2 with Rails 2.3. I'm trying upgrade rails to advances > > > versions. But everytime I run gem install rails. this happens. > > > > > > himel@ubuntu:~/Downloads/Rubynew/ruby-2.2.0$ sudo gem install rails > > > Building native extensions. This could take a while... > > > ERROR: Error installing rails: > > >     ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension. > > > > > >     /usr/local/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20150228-25704-26oogh.rb extconf.rb > > > checking if the C compiler accepts ... yes > > > Building nokogiri using packaged libraries. > > > \*\*\* extconf.rb failed \*\*\* > > > Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary > > > libraries and/or headers. Check the mkmf.log file for more details. You > > > may > > > need configuration options. > > > > > > Provided configuration options: > > >     --with-opt-dir > > >     --without-opt-dir > > >     --with-opt-include > > >     --without-opt-include=${opt-dir}/include > > >     --with-opt-lib > > >     --without-opt-lib=${opt-dir}/lib > > >     --with-make-prog > > >     --without-make-prog > > >     --srcdir=. > > >     --curdir > > >     --ruby=/usr/local/bin/$(RUBY\_BASE\_NAME) > > >     --help > > >     --clean > > >     --use-system-libraries > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in > > > `require': cannot load such file -- openssl (LoadError) > > >     from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in > > > `require' > > >     from /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/net/https.rb:22:in `\' > > >     from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in > > > `require' > > >     from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:54:in > > > `require' > > >     from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/mini\_portile-0.6.2/lib/mini\_portile.rb:3:in > > > `\' > > >     from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:128:in > > > `require' > > >     from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:128:in > > > `rescue in require' > > >     from > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core\_ext/kernel\_require.rb:39:in > > > `require' > > >     from extconf.rb:395:in `\' > > > > > > extconf failed, exit code 1 > > > > > > Gem files will remain installed in > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/nokogiri-1.6.6.2 for inspection. > > > Results logged to > > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/extensions/x86\_64-linux/2.2.0-static/nokogiri-1.6.6.2/gem\_make.out > > > > > > \*The other problem is that Ruby is failing to require openSSL whereas it > > > is already installed in the computer. I'm changed the Ruby gem sources to > > > [http://rubygems.org](http://rubygems.org) instead of the https:// version. > > > I've rebuilt Ruby multiple times. Can someone help me out? I'm really stuck > > > here and don't know what to do. \* > > > > > > -- > > > Himel Sarkar, > > > \*himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com \<[http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com](http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com)\>\* > > > > > > \* Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. > > > The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. > > > They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You > > > can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only > > > thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push > > > the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we > > > see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can > > > change the world are the ones who do.\* > > -- > Himel Sarkar, > \*himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com \<[http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com](http://himelsarkarforever.blogspot.com)\>\* > > \* Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The > round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. > They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You > can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only > thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push > the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we > see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can > change the world are the ones who do.\*