Error loading RubyGems plugin ，openssl.bundle (LoadError)

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I am new to ruby. When I type any thing related to gem, error below will happen. why causes it and how to solve the problem? Thanks!

Error loading RubyGems plugin "/Users/chiang/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p247@global/gems/rubygems-bundler-1.2.2/lib/rubygems_plugin.rb": dlopen(/Users/chiang/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/x86_64-darwin12.3.0/openssl.bundle, 9): Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/chiang/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/x86_64-darwin12.3.0/openssl.bundle
  Reason: image not found - /Users/chiang/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p247/lib/ruby/2.0.0/x86_64-darwin12.3.0/openssl.bundle (LoadError)

"type any thing related to gem" what are you trying to do – Bijendra Nov 20 '13 at 10:13 — Bijendra, Nov 20 '13 at 10:13

score 55 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 27 '15 at 12:52

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Things to verify...

How did you install rvm
hit rvm notes and check if it's installed properly
ruby -v, check for the version of ruby present

If you find any issues here, uninstall rvm using rvm implode and also remove ruby. Refer to the rvm installation guide for the use of this command.

\curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby

OR you can try the other way without removing the present rvm installation.

rvm get stable
rvm reinstall 2.0.0

Hope this helps.

edited Mar 27 '15 at 12:52

Matt Grande

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answered Nov 20 '13 at 12:20

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I follow the official guide to install the rvm. rvm version is 1.24.1 (stable), ruby version is ruby 2.0.0p247. I have tried to reinstall ruby but it does't work. – icemelon Nov 20 '13 at 12:28
what is the o/p of $ rvm list – Bijendra Nov 20 '13 at 12:38
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I implode rvm and reinstall ruby again, it works! Thank U for your help! – icemelon Nov 20 '13 at 13:39
For Debian and Ubuntu this is the only way I've found to solve the error. Thanks a lot – Fernando Kosh Jun 03 '17 at 16:53
`rvm reinstall ruby` just worked for me in my case. Rails project was working fine before on the same machine. But for some reason it started complaining about this issue. – Venkat Ch Jun 09 '21 at 18:52

singh1469 · Answer 2 · 2015-05-05T07:47:58.963

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The following worked for me.

brew rm openssl
brew cleanup openssl
brew install openssl
rvm reinstall ruby

Apparently brew update or brew upgrade breaks the Ruby runtime which is what caused the error for me.

edited May 05 '15 at 07:47

answered Jan 07 '15 at 15:13

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The other answer did not help, but this did. – Ethan Holshouser May 25 '18 at 20:14

score 16 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '19 at 23:47

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To whoever having this problem with rbenv, I solved it reinstalling openssl and upgrading rbenv, then reinstalling ruby:

brew reinstall openssl
brew upgrade ruby-build rbenv
rbenv install 2.2.10 # or whatever version you're using it

answered Nov 21 '19 at 23:47

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I solved it by reinstalling ruby too. rbenv uninstall and then rbenv install – mottalrd Jan 22 '20 at 11:17

avivamg · Answer 4 · 2020-06-28T14:31:05.083

Im assuming you already installed the right package aka brew install/reinstall openssl if not - do it.

Another Solution (In case your package is installed) - Might be that your package is not referenced to the right endpoint version, you have multiple versions of the same package (on this use-case openssl package) and your rvm is not finding it event though it's installed.

Run list of the package versions and switch to the right one.

example:

brew list  --versions openssl

/* Output:
openssl 1.0.2s
openssl 1.2
openssl 1.3
*/

brew switch openssl 1.0.2s

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 19 '21 at 22:11

Landed on this post in August '21 on Mojave using rbenv with this error:

Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib (LoadError)
Reason: image not found - /.rbenv/versions/2.5.1/lib/ruby/2.5.0/x86_64-darwin17/digest/md5.bundle

Found an answer that worked for me on this post

brew install rbenv/tap/openssl@1.0
ln -sfn /usr/local/Cellar/openssl@1.0/1.0.2t /usr/local/opt/openssl

(first command finished in ~5 minutes)

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Thank you, worked for me Dec '21 with Catalina. – J.Z. Dec 06 '21 at 20:00 — J.Z., Dec 06 '21 at 20:00

Error loading RubyGems plugin ，openssl.bundle (LoadError)

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