OpenSSL missing when installing Ruby 3.3.3 on MacOS Ventura

[mbajur]

This issue is haunting me since some 3.x version - i'm basically not able to install any newer ruby version on my Macbook (Ventura 13.6.1). I tried literally any single solution suggested on the internet and there were tons of them so it's not really possible to list them all in here so let's start with the basics. I tried doing that with rvm, asdf, mice, rbenv and the output is always the same.

The command:

$ asdf install ruby 3.3.3
ruby-build: using openssl@3 from homebrew
==> Downloading ruby-3.3.3.tar.gz...
-> curl -q -fL -o ruby-3.3.3.tar.gz https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.3/ruby-3.3.3.tar.gz
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 21.0M  100 21.0M    0     0  2364k      0  0:00:09  0:00:09 --:--:-- 2334k
==> Installing ruby-3.3.3...
ruby-build: using libyaml from homebrew
ruby-build: using gmp from homebrew
-> ./configure "--prefix=$HOME/.asdf/installs/ruby/3.3.3" --with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/opt/openssl@3 --enable-shared --with-libyaml-dir=/usr/local/opt/libyaml --with-gmp-dir=/usr/local/opt/gmp --with-ext=openssl,psych,+
-> make -j 8
*** Following extensions are not compiled:
openssl:
	Could not be configured. It will not be installed.
	/private/var/folders/d2/gs16y4gn62d5pt9z7wvgsmnw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20240621193929.59571.rzZqWS/ruby-3.3.3/ext/openssl/extconf.rb:122: OpenSSL library could not be found. You might want to use --with-openssl-dir=<dir> option to specify the prefix where OpenSSL is installed.
	Check /var/folders/d2/gs16y4gn62d5pt9z7wvgsmnw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20240621193929.59571.rzZqWS/ruby-3.3.3/ext/openssl/mkmf.log for more details.
psych:
	Could not be configured. It will not be installed.
	Check /var/folders/d2/gs16y4gn62d5pt9z7wvgsmnw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20240621193929.59571.rzZqWS/ruby-3.3.3/ext/psych/mkmf.log for more details.

BUILD FAILED (macOS 13.6.1 on arm64 using ruby-build 20240612)

You can inspect the build directory at /var/folders/d2/gs16y4gn62d5pt9z7wvgsmnw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20240621193929.59571.rzZqWS
See the full build log at /var/folders/d2/gs16y4gn62d5pt9z7wvgsmnw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20240621193929.59571.log

And the log file produced: https://gist.github.com/mbajur/f944fb309cf86b95c44eb713a71418d8

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The thing is, no matter what i do, no matter if i change the openssl dir with RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl@3)" , with @1.1, if i reinstall openssl completely or force any specific version to be used - ruby-build is always producing the same output with the same error message about OpenSSL missing.

I sincerly spent weeks on google trying to nail that down but at this point I'm affraid i will die as a Ruby 3.2.3 developer as that's the last version i managed to install on my macbook :)

Thanks in advance for your support and ideas!

[atstockland]

I run in to the same thing installing 3.3.3 with Frum. But, I can install and un 3.3.2 no problem.

[mislav]

Hi, I'm sorry you're having trouble with Ruby 3.3.3. I cannot reproduce on macOS Sonoma, but I also do not have access to a Ventura machine.

Thanks for sharing your main build log, but when compiling ruby extensions such as "openssl" or "psych" fails, the relevant debugging information isn't in the main log, but in the individual log files listed in the error output that you've shared. The contents of those logs can be confusing, but if you share them, we might be able to spot what's going wrong in your case.

One thing you could check is whether your Homebrew is running under the same architecture as your CPU (see brew config). When Apple M1 architecture first shipped, a lot of software was incompatible, including Homebrew and some of its formula. To get around that, people used Rosetta to run Homebrew in amd64 mode instead of in arm64 mode (using commands like arch -x86_64 brew). Then they installed a bunch of software that way and forgot about the fact that their Homebrew is running and installing software under emulated CPU architecture. In my experience, this is often why Ruby can't link to those libraries even if they appear installed on the system.

[EdwinGu0510]

Same error with Mac Os 15.0 and ruby version 3.3.5

[StanBright]

I'm facing the very same issue with asdf and ruby 3.3.5.

[mislav]

Hi all, if compiling "openssl" or "psych" (or both) extensions fails when compiling Ruby, then please:

1. Check additional log files ext/openssl/mkmf.log and ext/psych/mkmf.log where actual failures of building these extensions can be found;
2. Check brew config to verify the "Rosetta 2: false" line;
3. brew reinstall openssl@3 libyaml

In summary, some additional info would be appreciated, otherwise it's really hard to tell what exactly went wrong. Thanks!

[alexgorski]

Can you explain rosetta2: false?

[mislav]

@alexgorski Certainly. If you run arch -x86_64 brew config, you will see that the outputs prints "Rosetta 2: true". What this means is that Homebrew detected that we're using Rosetta 2 (a software that is part of macOS) to run Homebrew as if it were run on Intel "x64" architecture. Apple shipped Rosetta 2 to ease the transition from Intel to Apple silicon Macs, and a lot of developers adopted it as a way to port their Homebrew installs and formulae from old Intel machines.

However, lots of developers forgot that they're using the arch -x86_64 trick, or have used the macOS migration assistant to port their Homebrew installs from an old machine, resulting in x64 binaries and libraries being imported to an M1/M2 machine, which will cause trouble down the line when compiling software (like Ruby) on "arm64" architecture. These errors are typically difficult to debug.

For instance, to check is one's brew invocation on the command line might be an alias to the arch trick, type this in a shell:

$ type brew
brew is /opt/homebrew/bin/brew  # => expected output

In this case, what made me believe that something like x64 architecture emulation is going on is that the OP has their Homebrew install in /usr/local (the old location) as opposed to it being /opt/homebrew as is default on M1/M2 Macs.