# No such file to load -- openssl (RuntimeError)

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**Category:** Engines\
**Created:** [June 2, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-openssl-runtimeerror/169340 "2009-06-02T16:03:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 2, 2009, 4:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-openssl-runtimeerror/169340/1 "2009-06-02T16:03:41Z")

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Hi.

I have been trying all day to set up RoR; I got Ruby, Rails, Rubygems.  
Everything is installed (they all react to --version). However, when I  
try to run the webserver, I get the following message (terminal output  
below).

I have googled this error and found hundreds of webpages. None were of  
any help though. People were told to get libopenssl-ruby, among other  
packets, but I have all of the packets mentioned in the posts I found.  
Yet, it still fails to work… I woke up this morning with a lot of  
enthusiasm to get this working, but after errors and more errors, it’s  
getting pretty demotivational. Hopefully some friendly person here can  
help me out!

:~/webcontent/ruby/mynewapp$ ruby script/server  
=\> Booting Mongrel  
=\> Rails 2.3.2 application starting on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000)  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/initializer.rb:269:in  
`require_frameworks': no such file to load -- openssl (RuntimeError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/initializer.rb:134:in `process’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/initializer.rb:113:in  
`send' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/initializer.rb:113:in `run’  
from /home/joris/webcontent/ruby/mynewapp/config/environment.rb:9  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`gem_original_require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in  
`require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new\_constants\_in’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in  
`require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/commands/server.rb:84 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem\_original\_require’  
from  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:in  
`require’  
from script/server:3

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**Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-openssl-runtimeerror/169340/2 "2009-06-09T16:59:52Z")

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I have exactly the same problem :S

I’d like to add that this is running a Ubuntu 9.04, sw versions: ruby  
1.8.7, Rails 2.3.2

\*\*\* LOCAL GEMS \*\*\*

actionmailer (2.3.2)  
actionpack (2.3.2)  
activerecord (2.3.2)  
activeresource (2.3.2)  
activesupport (2.3.2)  
rails (2.3.2)  
rake (0.8.6)

Something else? Sb, any idea?? Please!

Cheers,  
Sebas.

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**Post date:** [June 16, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-openssl-runtimeerror/169340/3 "2009-06-16T23:56:20Z")

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I have the same set up and I am experiencing the same problem as sebas.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

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**Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-openssl-runtimeerror/169340/4 "2009-06-18T15:05:52Z")

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Please try on Centos and RHEL base server.

yum install openssl

and on windows i have not much idea but try to install bin of openssl.

Thanks-  
Shrii

Lukas Beaton wrote:

> I have the same set up and I am experiencing the same problem as sebas.
> 
> Any help would greatly be appreciated.

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**Post date:** [January 9, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/no-such-file-to-load-openssl-runtimeerror/169340/5 "2010-01-09T04:34:01Z")

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Shrikant L. wrote:

> Please try on Centos and RHEL base server.
> 
> yum install openssl
> 
> and on windows i have not much idea but try to install bin of openssl.
> 
> Thanks-  
> Shrii
> 
> Lukas Beaton wrote:
> 
> > I have the same set up and I am experiencing the same problem as sebas.
> > 
> > Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Hi all, the answer to your woes is to install libopenssl-ruby1.8

This assumes you’re using ruby version 1.8 of course

on deb systems do the following

$sudo apt-get install libopenssl1.8

Just for good measure I also install libruby1.8-extras

Hope this helps

Cheers

Peter Mac