# Rake bombs on openssl (on Ubuntu)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-bombs-on-openssl-on-ubuntu/161516>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 27, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-bombs-on-openssl-on-ubuntu/161516 "2009-02-27T02:55:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-bombs-on-openssl-on-ubuntu/161516/1 "2009-02-27T02:55:50Z")

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RoR-ers,

I’ve bumped into an issue with ruby and ssl.

I’m trying to run a rake command which aborts because it cannot find  
openssl.rb.

I followed these steps:

- mkdir /rho; chown phor /rho

- wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.bz2

- tar jxf ruby-1.8.7-p72.tar.bz2

- cd ruby-1.8.7-p72

- vi ext/Setup and uncomment these lines:  
bigdecimal  
curses  
digest  
digest/md5  
digest/rmd160  
digest/sha1  
digest/sha2  
iconv  
openssl  
readline  
socket  
strscan  
thread  
zlib

- ./configure --prefix=/rho

- make

- make install

- create a 1-line file (in /rho/.rho) and then dot-it: export PATH=/  
rho/bin:${PATH}:.

I saw this:

$ /rho/bin/ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [x86\_64-linux]

Next, I installed gems:

- wget gems: wget  
[http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/45905/rubygems-1.3.1.tgz](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/45905/rubygems-1.3.1.tgz)
- tar zxf rubygems-1.3.1.tgz
- cd rubygems-1.3.1; ruby setup.rb --no-rdoc --no-ri

I saw this:

$ /rho/bin/gem -v  
1.3.1

Next, I installed rails:

gem install rails --no-rdoc --no-ri

I saw this:

$ /rho/bin/rails -v  
Rails 2.2.2

Next, I did this:

$ gem install rspec-rails rake --no-rdoc --no-ri

I saw this:

$ /rho/bin/gem list

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

actionmailer (2.2.2)  
actionpack (2.2.2)  
activerecord (2.2.2)  
activeresource (2.2.2)  
activesupport (2.2.2)  
rails (2.2.2)  
rake (0.8.3)  
rspec (1.1.12)  
rspec-rails (1.1.12)

Next, I did this:

cd ~/software/  
git clone git://github.com/rhomobile/rhosync.git  
mkdir log; touch log/development.log  
/rho/bin/rake gems:install

I saw this:

(in /phor/software/rhosync)  
rake aborted!  
no such file to load – openssl  
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

To me,  
It looks like openssl.rb is missing somewhere.

I assume it should be under /rho which is where I installed ruby.

I’m on ubuntu-linux and I do see openssl development packages inside  
of my OS:

$ apt-cache search libssl  
cl-plus-ssl - A simple Common Lisp interface to OpenSSL  
dcmtk - The OFFIS DICOM toolkit command line utilities  
libdcmtk1 - The OFFIS DICOM toolkit runtime libraries  
libdcmtk1-dev - The OFFIS DICOM toolkit development libraries and  
headers  
libssl-ocaml - OCaml bindings for OpenSSL  
libssl-ocaml-dev - OCaml bindings for OpenSSL  
libssl-dev - SSL development libraries, header files and documentation  
libssl0.9.8 - SSL shared libraries  
libssl0.9.8-dbg - Symbol tables for libssl and libcrypto

Also, I see this:

$ apt-cache search libopenssl-ruby  
libopenssl-ruby - OpenSSL interface for Ruby  
libopenssl-ruby1.9 - OpenSSL interface for Ruby 1.9  
ruby1.8 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby 1.8  
libopenssl-ruby1.8 - OpenSSL interface for Ruby 1.8

Clues anyone?

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**Author:** ![phor\_gruber](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/0ea827/32.png) [@phor\_gruber](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/phor_gruber)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 10:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-bombs-on-openssl-on-ubuntu/161516/2 "2009-02-27T10:27:45Z")

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On Feb 27, 1:55 am, Phor G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> To me,  
> It looks like openssl.rb is missing somewhere.
> 
> I assume it should be under /rho which is where I installed ruby.
> 
> I’m on ubuntu-linux and I do see openssl development packages inside  
> of my OS:
> 
> $ apt-cache search libssl

Doesn’t that just search for the package in your cached list of  
package descriptions (rather than installed packages)

Fred