Error loading command install loaderror cannot load such file openssl

I am using osx 10.8.2 installed ruby 2.0 and….
got this when trying to run «sudo gem install rails»

$ sudo gem install rails
ERROR:  Loading command: install (LoadError)
    cannot load such file -- openssl
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
    undefined method `invoke_with_build_args' for nil:NilClass

I had ruby 1.9.x and rails 3.2.x working alright before

asked Feb 28, 2013 at 6:54

I had very bad time with this ERROR.
Finally i done with it. There is only Once solution either you are with RVM or without RVM.

Make sure you have installed OpenSSL first BEFORE installing ruby.

RVM

1. Uninstall rvm

   rvm implode

or

rm -rf ~/.rvm

Don’t forget to remove the script calls in your .bashrc and/or .bash_profile (or whatever shell you’re using).
sudo apt-get install zlib1g zlib1g-dev build-essential openssl libssl-dev libmysqlclient18 libmysqlclient-dev libyaml-dev curl git-core python-software-properties libpq-dev nodejs

Then install RVM, post ruby.

OR

rvm pkg install openssl
rvm reinstall ruby-2.0.0-p0 --with-gcc=gcc-4.7 --with-openssl-dir=$rvm_path/usr

WITHOUT RVM

First you should find where Ruby is:

whereis ruby

will list all the places where it exists on your system, then you can remove all them explicitly. Or you can use something like this:

rm -rf /usr/local/lib/ruby
rm -rf /usr/lib/ruby
rm -f /usr/local/bin/ruby
rm -f /usr/bin/ruby
rm -f /usr/local/bin/irb
rm -f /usr/bin/irb
rm -f /usr/local/bin/gem
rm -f /usr/bin/gem

THEN

sudo apt-get install zlib1g zlib1g-dev build-essential openssl libssl-dev libmysqlclient18 libmysqlclient-dev libyaml-dev curl git-core python-software-properties libpq-dev nodejs

apt-get -y update
apt-get -y install build-essential zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline6-dev libyaml-dev
cd /tmp
wget http://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.0/ruby-2.0.0-p247.tar.gz
tar -xvzf ruby-2.0.0-p247.tar.gz
cd ruby-2.0.0-p247/
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
make install

I hope this help you.

answered Dec 7, 2013 at 18:12

On OSX, with rbenv and homebrew, the following worked for me:

brew install openssl
CONFIGURE_OPTS=--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl) rbenv install whatever-ruby-version

answered Jan 6, 2016 at 21:26

This worked for me which is similar to some of the other answers already posted.

rvm pkg install openssl
rvm reinstall all --force

answered Mar 17, 2013 at 1:35

When installing ruby 2.0, it is possible that rubygems 2.0 installation did not complete ok, because of openssl.
Make sure you provide a valid path to the openssl config file; you could:

find . -type f -name "openssl.cnf"

path is usually $HOME/.rvm/usr or $HOME/.rvm/usr/ssl

Then

[sudo] rvm reinstall ruby-2.0.0-p0 --with-openssl-dir=[openssl.cnf path] --verify-downloads 1

Make sure rubygems installation complete successfully.
Might be a better way to fix that path without reinstalling, but this should do it.

answered Mar 1, 2013 at 18:40

Make sure to check out this page on the rvm site: https://rvm.io/packages/openssl/

Running

rvm requirements run

gave me:

Missing required packages: autoconf, automake, libtool, pkg-config, apple-gcc42, readline, libxml2, libxslt, libksba, openssl, sqlite

after brew install autoconf automake ...

I was able to rvm reinstall 2.0.0 without openssl errors

answered Mar 2, 2013 at 14:12

I had the same problem with the same OS version. I use rvm and followed the steps in this command:

$ rvm requirements

Following those instructions, I ran:

$ brew update
$ brew tap homebrew/dupes
$ brew install bash curl git
$ brew install autoconf automake apple-gcc42 libtool pkg-config openssl readline libyaml sqlite libxml2 libxslt libksba

answered Mar 6, 2013 at 22:32

I had the same problem earlier, tried all of the snippets about and none of them worked out. After looking around for a bit the following worked for me:

$ rvm remove 2.0.0 # get rid of unsuccessful installation
$ rvm get head --autolibs=3 # get the latest RVM and build required libs
$ rvm requirements # just in case, install all other required stuff
$ rvm install ruby-2.0.0
$ rvm --default use ruby-2.0.0

What does rvm get head --autolibs=3 do exactly? I’m guess it automatically downloads dependencies, but I was hoping for a clear answer.

answered Sep 7, 2013 at 19:37

I encountered the same openssl error on Fedora when trying to use gem install <package>. It seems you need to install additional packages with yum/dnf

sudo dnf install rubygems rubygem-bundler ruby-devel mariadb-devel

After running the above command, gem install <package> should now work.

answered Jan 14, 2016 at 1:14

just went through the same problem. Takes a bit time but, upgrading openssl with

brew upgrade openssl@1.1

worked for me. Version might be different in the future, type brew install openssl to see which version you can upgrade to. I hope it helps.

answered Jun 12, 2020 at 9:09

If you have libssl1.1, your problem may be that these older versions of ruby (2.4 is the cutoff) are only compatible with libssl1.0.

For debian/ubuntu, please ensure that apt-get install libssl1.0-dev succeeds.

answered Dec 21, 2020 at 2:16

If you are using ruby-install, it will take the same openssl argument as rvm:

ruby-install ruby-2.0.0-p247 -- --with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/opt/openssl

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 17:36

I ran into the same issue, I had to install the following two packages

libssl-dev
libreadline-dev 

in fact I found I had to install the following packages to get ruby 2.0.0 and postgres 9.2 to compile on ubuntu 13.04 with openssl and readline so I thought I would share them

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get install -y make g++
sudo apt-get install -y curl git-core python-software-properties
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libgdbm-dev libreadline6-dev libncurses5-dev
sudo apt-get install -y libpq-dev libffi-dev

answered Jul 18, 2013 at 14:46

I can’t install ruby from source, on configuration (./configure) it states

Ignore OpenSSL broken by Apple.
Please use another openssl. (e.g. using `configure --with-openssl-dir=/path/to/openssl')
Failed to configure openssl. It will not be installed.

Even if I use the told parameter. —with-opt-dir=/usr/local doesn’t help either. Notice, I installed the latest openssl (1.0.1e) from source too (it’s located at /usr/local/ssh).

So later I can’t use gem install, it just states:

ERROR:  Loading command: install (LoadError)
    cannot load such file -- openssl
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
    undefined method `invoke_with_build_args' for nil:NilClass

How can I tell the ruby installation to take my installed openssl?

asked Feb 27, 2013 at 22:12