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Ruby

Jesse Fister
Jesse Fister
11,968 Points
Posted by Jesse Fister
Jesse Fister
11,968 Points

rails install

when installing rails (i'm using Mac OS X el capitan) I get to the point where i am creating a new app and i receive the following message:

Could not load OpenSSL. You must recompile Ruby with OpenSSL support or change the sources in your Gemfile from 'https' to 'http'. Instructions for compiling with OpenSSL using RVM are available at rvm.io/packages/openssl.

I went to the prescribed site and used the magic they wanted me to try to no avail. I receive this message:

Operation not permitted

What in the world??

1 Answer

Ethan Rivas
Ethan Rivas
9,979 Points
Ethan Rivas
Ethan Rivas
9,979 Points

You can try following this steps:

1) rvm get stable

2) brew install libyaml

3) rvm pkg install openssl

4) rvm install ruby-2.0.0 --with-openssl-dir=$HOME/.rvm/usr

5) rvm use ruby-2.0.0

source link with more possible solutions: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15212104/ruby-openssl-issues-on-mac