can not install ruby-1.8.7-p249 on rvm

Question

$ rvm install ruby-1.8.7-p249
Installing Ruby from source to: /home/sayuj/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p249, this may take a while depending on your cpu(s)...

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Answer 1

From here : http://ahmy.yulrizka.com/2011/10/ruby-ree-1-8-7-openssl-error/

rvm pkg install openssl

And from one of the answers here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8544958/178975

rvm install ruby-1.8.7 --with-openssl-dir=/usr

where rvm_dir could be $HOME/.rvm or /usr/local/rvm or wherever you have installed rvm