# Rails on westhost.com

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-westhost-com/165147>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-westhost-com/165147 "2009-04-09T15:07:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-westhost-com/165147/1 "2009-04-09T15:07:09Z")

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I have an account on westhost, but they are at rails version 1.2.3  
I did a 'gem install rails -v=2.2.2  
That seem to work.  
The output of gem list is:

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

actionmailer (2.2.2, 1.3.3)  
actionpack (2.2.2, 1.13.3)  
actionwebservice (1.2.3)  
activerecord (2.2.2, 1.15.3)  
activeresource (2.2.2)  
activesupport (2.2.2, 1.4.2)  
BlueCloth (1.0.0)  
rails (2.2.2, 1.2.3)  
rake (0.8.4, 0.7.2)  
RedCloth (3.0.4)  
rubygems-update (1.3.1)  
sources (0.0.1)

I can create an app just fine:  
rails demoapp

But when I create a controller I get the following error:  
$ ruby script/generate controller say  
/usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/  
initializer.rb:259:in `require_frameworks': no such file to load -- openssl (RuntimeError) from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/ lib/initializer.rb:133:in`process’  
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/  
lib/initializer.rb:112:in `send' from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/ lib/initializer.rb:112:in`run’  
from /var/www/demoapp/config/environment.rb:13  
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/  
custom\_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:31:in`require’  
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/  
lib/commands/generate.rb:1  
from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/  
custom\_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require' from /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:31:in`require’  
from script/generate:3

Any ideas?

thanks

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**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-westhost-com/165147/2 "2009-04-09T18:16:09Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> I can create an app just fine:  
> rails demoapp
> 
> But when I create a controller I get the following error:  
> $ ruby script/generate controller say  
> /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/  
> initializer.rb:259:in `require\_frameworks’: no such file to load –  
> openssl (RuntimeError)

It would appear you don’t have (a compatible version of) openssl  
available to ruby. Whether this is a gem or something external I’m  
afraid I’m not too sure.

HTH

Matt

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**Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 12:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-on-westhost-com/165147/3 "2009-04-10T12:19:40Z")

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Matt H. wrote:

> removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:
> 
> > I can create an app just fine:  
> > rails demoapp
> > 
> > But when I create a controller I get the following error:  
> > $ ruby script/generate controller say  
> > /usr/local/ruby-1.8.6/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/  
> > initializer.rb:259:in `require\_frameworks’: no such file to load –  
> > openssl (RuntimeError)
> 
> It would appear you don’t have (a compatible version of) openssl  
> available to ruby. Whether this is a gem or something external I’m  
> afraid I’m not too sure.

The Ruby OpenSSL bindings are not a gem but bundled with Ruby itself.  
You should ask your host to install the OpenSSL bindings or to recompile  
Ruby with the OpenSSL development libraries installed.

–  
Roderick van Domburg  
[http://www.railscluster.nl](http://www.railscluster.nl)