OpenSSL error installing ruby 2.0.0-p195 on Mac with rbenv

Question

I\'m trying to install Ruby 2.0.0-p195 using rbenv on a Mac (Mountain Lion) and got this error.

BUILD FAILED

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folde         


        

Answer 1

This issue came up again for me with Mac OS 10.9.5

Mac upgraded the command-line tools and that upgraded openssl, which broken rbenv.

I tried all of these solutions, but none of them worked. Everything was up-to-date, but I couldn't install any new gems or build rubies.

My solution was to:

1. Remove the ruby version (for me it was 2.1.1)
2. Brew uninstall ruby-build and rbenv
3. Brew Re-install rbenv and ruby-build

Hope this helps you if you encounter it too!