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Trying to build an nginx server with Phusion Passenger on Ubuntu 11.10 (hurray for the new version!). Running "passenger-install-nginx-module" outputs the following error:

* OpenSSL support for Ruby... not found

With the following suggestion to fix it:

* To install OpenSSL support for Ruby:
  Please run apt-get install libopenssl-ruby as root.

Running "sudo apt-get install libopenssl-ruby" yields the following output:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libruby' instead of 'libopenssl-ruby'
libruby is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

A little research shows that libruby is a virtual package that provides libopenssl-ruby as part of the package. However, the passenger-install-nginx-module script still can't find it, and keeps throwing the same error. Help me, please! I'm in a little over my head on this one, and the google-the-error-code method that usually works is failing me today.

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  • I'll try to confirm this, I'm upgrading my Rails server to 11.10 later today.
    – jrg
    Oct 15, 2011 at 16:21
  • OK, I can't replicate this. :(
    – jrg
    Oct 18, 2011 at 12:18

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You need to change to your ruby ext/openssl/ directory, then run 

ruby extconf.rb 
make
make install

then try passenger-install-nginx-module again

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  • Thanks for the tip. My computer has died in the interim, so I'm waiting for the replacement to arrive. I'll test this out when it gets in.
    – flintinatux
    Oct 22, 2011 at 16:35
  • @flintinatux did you get the chance to test it again?
    – jrg
    Jan 10, 2012 at 22:43
  • Had the same problem as the asker, but with the Blather gem. Tried your instructions but extconf.rb didn't work ("Makefile wasn't created"). I found a forum post that helped - ruby-forum.com/topic/99825 - and now these instructions work.
    – iftheshoefritz
    Apr 11, 2012 at 21:00
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No. I got so mad at Ubuntu that I switched to Windows 7. I realized that I was spending more time setting up tools than I was actually producing code. I've since moved on to other projects, and still only use Windows 7.

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