# Openssl Upgrade Producing "Cipher is not a class (TypeError" **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 22, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-upgrade-producing-cipher-is-not-a-class-typeerror/172484 "2009-07-22T07:49:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lfeistel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@lfeistel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lfeistel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 7:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-upgrade-producing-cipher-is-not-a-class-typeerror/172484/1 "2009-07-22T07:49:23Z")
Hi guys, I am having a really annoying problem trying to start my webrick server. It has got to do with the openssl bindings for ruby. I recently performed an upgrade of the following packages: libopenssl-ruby1.8 (1.8.7.72-1ubuntu0.1) to 1.8.7.72-1ubuntu0.2 libreadline-ruby1.9 (1.9.0.2-7ubuntu1.1) to 1.9.0.2-7ubuntu1.2 libruby1.8 (1.8.7.72-1ubuntu0.1) to 1.8.7.72-1ubuntu0.2 libruby1.9 (1.9.0.2-7ubuntu1.1) to 1.9.0.2-7ubuntu1.2 ruby1.8-dev (1.8.7.72-1ubuntu0.1) to 1.8.7.72-1ubuntu0.2 and now when I start my webrick server I get the following error: /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/openssl/cipher.rb:22: Cipher is not a class (TypeError) My ruby version is: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i686-linux] I am running Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 I have tried to downgrade to the previous packages, but I am not sure if I did it correclty. I am about to pull my hair out, if anybody can stop this from happening I would greatly appreciate it. thanks, Lee ---
**Author:** ![lfeistel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@lfeistel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lfeistel)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-upgrade-producing-cipher-is-not-a-class-typeerror/172484/2 "2009-07-22T14:11:28Z")
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Lee F.[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > (TypeError) > > My ruby version is: > > ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24 patchlevel 111) [i686-linux] All the ruby1.8 packages mentioned are 1.8.7.x while the running ruby is 1.8.6.x? > I am running Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 > > I have tried to downgrade to the previous packages, but I am not sure if > I did it correclty. You know that it was working properly before the last update? ---
**Author:** ![lfeistel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@lfeistel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/lfeistel)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/openssl-upgrade-producing-cipher-is-not-a-class-typeerror/172484/3 "2009-07-23T05:36:29Z")
> All the ruby1.8 packages mentioned are 1.8.7.x while the running ruby > is 1.8.6.x? I had been running ruby 1.8.6 for some time now with the packages at versions 1.8.7 and it had not caused any problems. That particular update must have caused a conflict somewhere that was just never exposed up till now. Fortunately, I solved the issue by downgrading the offending packages to 1.8.6 compatible versions. I manually downloaded the packages from the jaunty updates repository as they are not available in the intrepid repos. When I installed the 1.8.6 versions of libruby and libopenssl-ruby, everything worked fine. thank you for highlighting the version incompatibility. The underlying cause was that I am using a manual 1.8.6 installation of ruby rather than the 1.8.7 version that is supplied by the intrepid repos. All works now and I still have a thick head of hair! thanks