ruby-build: Cannot install Ruby 2.2.3 in ubuntu 14.04

Hi,

I am getting below error while installing Ruby 2.2.3 in fresh ubuntu install.

ossl_ssl.c:141:27: error: ‘SSLv3_method’ undeclared here (not in a function)
     OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY(SSLv3),
                           ^
ossl_ssl.c:119:69: note: in definition of macro ‘OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY’
 #define OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY(name) { #name, (SSL_METHOD *(*)(void))name##_method }
                                                                     ^
ossl_ssl.c:142:27: error: ‘SSLv3_server_method’ undeclared here (not in a function)
     OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY(SSLv3_server),
                           ^
ossl_ssl.c:119:69: note: in definition of macro ‘OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY’
 #define OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY(name) { #name, (SSL_METHOD *(*)(void))name##_method }
                                                                     ^
ossl_ssl.c:143:27: error: ‘SSLv3_client_method’ undeclared here (not in a function)
     OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY(SSLv3_client),
                           ^
ossl_ssl.c:119:69: note: in definition of macro ‘OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY’
 #define OSSL_SSL_METHOD_ENTRY(name) { #name, (SSL_METHOD *(*)(void))name##_method }
                                                                     ^
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ruby-build.20151124103608.7950/ruby-2.2.3/ext/date'
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/ruby-build.20151124103608.7950/ruby-2.2.3/ext/sdbm'
compiling _sdbm.c
make[2]: *** [ossl_ssl.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
compiling init.c
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ruby-build.20151124103608.7950/ruby-2.2.3/ext/openssl'
make[1]: *** [ext/openssl/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
checking ../.././parse.y and ../.././ext/ripper/eventids2.c
installing default ripper libraries
linking shared-object sdbm.so
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ruby-build.20151124103608.7950/ruby-2.2.3/ext/sdbm'
linking shared-object ripper.so
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ruby-build.20151124103608.7950/ruby-2.2.3/ext/ripper'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ruby-build.20151124103608.7950/ruby-2.2.3'
make: *** [build-ext] Error 2

Thank you

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Using Ubuntu 18 here, solved doing this:

sudo apt install libssl1.0-dev
rbenv install 2.2.2

The problem is that this ruby version uses an old version of libssl (1.0) and the default package for Ubuntu is libssl 1.1.0

+76

timotta on May 17, 2018

Could everyone who’s having this problem try this patch as a workaround?

curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/mislav/055441129184a1512bb5.txt | rbenv install --patch 2.2.3

Thanks!

+46

mislav on Nov 30, 2015

@jatindhankhar: I ran into the same problem on Archlinux.

The problem is that ruby < 2.4 tries to use the system default OpenSSL, which then fails with:

compiling ossl_pkcs7.c
In file included from ossl.h:57:0,
                  from ossl_pkcs7.c:10:
/usr/include/openssl/asn1_mac.h:10:2: error: #error "This file is obsolete; please update your software."
#error "This file is obsolete; please update your software."

The workaround for that is to force ruby to use OpenSSL 1.0 suggested in the Archlinux wiki for rvm, but the same thing works for rbenv:

sudo pacman -S openssl-1.0 # Probably already installed
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib/openssl-1.0/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig rbenv install 2.2.4

+12

piotrdz on May 16, 2017

Same issue here with Debian Strech.

+10

alexandreab on Nov 29, 2015

I know this thread is a little old, but I wanted to chime in and say I was having the same problem on Arch and that the patch above fixed it. Cheers!

keeakita on Mar 14, 2016

Ubuntu 19 does not include libssl1.0-dev in the standard repositories. I solved this by adding the cosmic security repository as per: https://packages.ubuntu.com/cosmic/amd64/libssl1.0.0/download

Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu cosmic-security main

Then run

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libssl1.0-dev
rbenv install 2.2.3

bjorntrondsen on Aug 5, 2019

I’m working with a fresh, up-to-date install of Arch and, despite trying @mislav’s patch and others and several ruby versions, continue to get the SSLv3 error in all cases:

curl -fsSL https://gist.github.com/mislav/055441129184a1512bb5.txt | rbenv install --patch 2.2.3

yields:

installing bundle gems: /home/lbrown/.linuxbrew/var/rbenv/versions/2.2.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0 (build_info, cach e, doc, extensions, gems, specifications) /tmp/ruby-build.20160915151644.17700/ruby-2.2.3/lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require’: /tmp/ruby-b uild.20160915151644.17700/ruby-2.2.3/.ext/x86_64-linux/openssl.so: undefined symbol: SSLv3_method - /tmp/ruby-build. 20160915151644.17700/ruby-2.2.3/.ext/x86_64-linux/openssl.so (LoadError)

What might you folks suggest?

lewisbrown on Sep 15, 2016