I have been struggling to install Ruby on Apple Silicon, this was due to an OpenSSL version misalignment.
This entry can be useful to you in this situations.
I use
RVM
as my multi environment installation for Ruby.
Whether you use rbenv, RVM or some alternative, do yourself a favor and use one. It brings some sanity to dependency management for you various projects.
No compile for you!
I was in need to reinstall my Ruby version on an Apple Silicon M1 and I’ve been struggling more than I expected.
Let me share a few things that helped me along the way.
First off, I am not using Rosetta and want to use a native ARM / Apple Silicon compilation.
In RVM it’s simple, you run
rvm install ruby-2.7.7
.
But no luck for me.
Look for the right version
First use the right version.
For people running Ruby 2 based projects, I recommend you use at least 2.7.7, I’ve seen (not not tested) that older versions would not necessary properly compile.
Upgrading to
2.7.7
for me helped.
But even with that version, I hit a compilation wall.
ruby-2.7.7 - #post-configuration - please wait
ruby-2.7.7 - #compiling - please wait
ruby-2.7.7 - #installing - please wait
Error running '__rvm_make install',
please read /Users/emmanuel/.rvm/log/1701382397_ruby-2.7.7/install.log
There has been an error while running make install. Halting the installation.
When you look at the log file, you’ll find something like
/Users/emmanuel/.rvm/src/ruby-2.7.7/lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require': cannot load such file -- openssl (LoadError)
from /Users/emmanuel/.rvm/src/ruby-2.7.7/lib/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:83:in `require'
from /Users/emmanuel/.rvm/src/ruby-2.7.7/lib/rubygems/specification.rb:2430:in `to_ruby'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:846:in `block (2 levels) in install_default_gem'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:279:in `open_for_install'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:845:in `block in install_default_gem'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:835:in `each'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:835:in `install_default_gem'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:799:in `block in <main>'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:950:in `block in <main>'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:947:in `each'
from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:947:in `<main>'
make: *** [do-install-nodoc] Error 1
+__rvm_make:0> return 2
This is due to a mismatched version of OpenSSL.
Pointing to the right OpenSSL version
I am using Homebrew for package management so for me, the following compilation step was required.
rvm install 2.7.7 --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix [email protected])
And voilà!
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