Openssl error message on install log when installing ruby 1.9.3 on Mac OSX 10.6.8

Question

Hi I am trying to install ruby via rvm using the following code:

CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.2 rvm install 1.9.3 --with-iconv-dir=$rvm_path/usr --with-openssh-dir=$rvm_path/usr

but I am getting errors on the (installation) make.log file:

In file included from openssl_missing.c:22: 450 openssl_missing.h:71: error: conflicting types for ‘HMAC_CTX_copy’

451 /Users/Sebastian/.rvm/usr/include/openssl/hmac.h:102: error: previous declaration of ‘HMAC_CTX_copy’ was here

452 openssl_missing.h:95: error: conflicting types for ‘EVP_CIPHER_CTX_copy’

453 /Users/Sebastian/.rvm/usr/include/openssl/evp.h:503: error: previous declaration of ‘EVP_CIPHER_CTX_copy’ was here

454 openssl_missing.c:27: error: conflicting types for ‘HMAC_CTX_copy’

455 /Users/Sebastian/.rvm/usr/include/openssl/hmac.h:102: error: previous declaration of ‘HMAC_CTX_copy’ was here

456 openssl_missing.c:122: error: conflicting types for ‘EVP_CIPHER_CTX_copy’

457 /Users/Sebastian/.rvm/usr/include/openssl/evp.h:503: error: previous declaration of ‘EVP_CIPHER_CTX_copy’ was here

458 make[2]: [openssl_missing.o] Error 1

459 make[1]: [ext/openssl/all] Error 2

460 make: [build-ext] Error 2

I've read that this could be related to macports installation but I made sure I removed everything related to it.

On the other hand, there is a openssl file in another location at /usr/bin/. I am not sure if this can be causing conflicts but I didn't dare to delete it.

I'd appreciate your help on this.

Thank you

Answer 1

I ran into a similar problem after installing rvm's openssl pkg to testdrive ruby 2.0.0.

After some fiddling, the following solved it for me:

• Get your rvm up to date:

  $ rvm get head

• Remove your manually installed packages:

  $ rvm pkg remove

• Get the requirements straight:

  $ rvm requirements run

  Here I got a list of the missing required packages:

   Installing requirements for osx/10.8/x86_64, might require sudo password
   Skipping `brew update` make sure your formulas are up to date.
-> Missing required packages: libtool, libxml2, libxslt, sqlite.
   Skipping update of certificates in '/usr/local/etc/openssl/cert.pem'.

• I "homebrewed" those packages:

  $ brew update

  $ brew install libtool libxml2 libxslt sqlite

You can recheck the requirements by running the rvm requirements run command again to see you're clear of missing packages.

• Reinstall ruby, in my case 1.9.3-p392:

  $ rvm reinstall 1.9.3-p392

Hope it helps!