# Ruby-1.8.7 post installation problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-post-installation-problem/160968>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 21, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-post-installation-problem/160968 "2009-02-21T16:14:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![cmsvicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cmsvicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmsvicky)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-post-installation-problem/160968/1 "2009-02-21T16:14:06Z")

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Hi,

Installation of ruby-1.8.7 was successfull.

[vivek@localhost ruby-1.8.7-p72]$ ruby -v  
ruby 1.8.7 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 72) [i686-linux]

But when I tried to start irb

[vivek@localhost ruby-1.8.7-p72]$ irb  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/openssl/ssl.rb:26: uninitialized constant  
OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY\_PEER (NameError)  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/openssl.rb:23:in `require’  
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/openssl.rb:23

Any suggestion or help is highly-2 appreciated.

Thanks,  
Vivek

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**Author:** ![cmsvicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85e7bf/32.png) [@cmsvicky](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cmsvicky)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-1-8-7-post-installation-problem/160968/2 "2009-02-21T23:53:20Z")

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On Feb 21, 2009, at 07:13 , Vivek S. wrote:

> ```
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/openssl.rb:23:in `require'
> from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/openssl.rb:23
> 
> ```
> 
> Any suggestion or help is highly-2 appreciated.

haven’t seen that one before. Do you have a ~/.irbrc? If so, what are  
the contents of it?