# Problem (probably newbie) with install (openssl)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-probably-newbie-with-install-openssl/49705>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-probably-newbie-with-install-openssl/49705 "2005-12-07T21:57:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![andrew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andrew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andrew)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 9:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-probably-newbie-with-install-openssl/49705/1 "2005-12-07T21:57:32Z")

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Hi,

Please can someone help. I’m trying to install Ruby (1.8.3, just  
downloaded), and it appears to compile and install just fine. But if I  
do:

# find /usr/local/lib/ruby -name “_ssl_”

/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/drb/ssl.rb  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/accesslog.rb  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/ssl.rb

I don’t see the openssl extension. I have openssl installed (Suse 9.3,  
both the openssl and the openssl-dev rpms), and nothing in “configure”  
seems to be looking for openssl.

A co-worker, with 1.8.2, has /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/openssl (and  
various subdirectories).

It’s critical I have these (afaik), as I need to write a client to make  
a secure connection.

The openssl package exists in the ruby source (under the ext  
directory).

What am I missing?

Thanks,  
Andrew

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**Author:** ![andrew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andrew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andrew)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-probably-newbie-with-install-openssl/49705/2 "2005-12-07T22:05:40Z")

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To clarify I did:  
…/configure  
make  
su  
make install  
as in the README.

Searching the archives I see a reference to “ruby extconf.rb”, but that  
doesn’t seem to exist in 1.8.3…

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**Author:** ![andrew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@andrew](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/andrew)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-probably-newbie-with-install-openssl/49705/3 "2005-12-07T22:26:49Z")

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ok, i needed to explicitly set --with-openssl-dir=…

sorry for the noise,  
andrew