Persistent Ruby segfaulting after a clean install

Question

Ruby keeps segfaulting when using the Koala gem to talk over HTTP:

/Users/pawel/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:799: [BUG] Segmentation fault

I've tried the following:

Run which -a ruby which showed multiple Rubies via MacPorts. So I deleted those and running the same command again returns only /usr/bin/ruby
I've removed the MacPorts version of PostgreSQL and installed it with Homebrew instead (With MacPorts, it installs its own version of OpenSSL)
Running openssl version returns OpenSSL 1.0.0g 18 Jan 2012
I removed Ruby 1.9.3 from RVM and tried Luciano's method below which didn't work.
I've also tried reinstalling 1.9.3 from RVM and specifying --with-openssl-dir=/opt/local since which openssl returns /opt/local/bin/openssl
I've reinstalled RVM (It's now version 1.10.2 in /Users/pawel/.rvm/bin/rvm)
I've upgraded to Ruby 1.9.3-p125 and have also tried on 1.9.2
I've followed the instructions here: http://www.christopherirish.com/2011/09/02/ruby-1-9-2-segmentation-fault-and-openssl/ (which are my above steps, actually). I've also read Christopher's previous post here.
In my project directory when I run the following then I get the expected 0.:

ruby -rubygems -e" require 'eventmachine'; require 'openssl' "; echo $?
I've tried to sudo port -f deactivate openssl but then when I try to start a Rails server I get Library not loaded: /opt/local/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib

I need some more ideas on what else I can try, or things I've missed.

I removed `~/.rvm` dir nad installed rvm, ruby and `openssl` package from rvm (`rvm pkg install openssl`) and all started to work fine — fl00r, Feb 16 '12 at 20:26
You mean running `rvm implode`? How did your `rvm install ruby 1.9.3` flag look? — Simpleton, Feb 16 '12 at 20:36
I didn't know about `implode`. I've removed rvm dir manualy `rm -rf ~/.rvm`, then install rvm again, then `rvm pkg install openssl`, `rvm pkg install iconv`, `rvm install 1.9.2 --with-openssl-dir=$rvm_path/usr --with-iconv-dir=$rvm_path/usr` (yes,It is about 1.9.2, but I don't think it makes difference) — fl00r, Feb 16 '12 at 20:48
I have tried this before, and tried it again last night, to no avail. — Simpleton, Feb 17 '12 at 08:57

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 16 '12 at 12:57

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I'm also getting this same Segmentation Fault error, but I'm trying to list files on AWS-S3.

Edit:

This way worked for me:

export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$HOME/.rvm/bin
rvm remove 1.9.3 
rvm pkg install iconv
rvm pkg install openssl
rvm install ruby-1.9.3 --with-openssl-dir=~/.rvm/usr --with-iconv-dir=~/.rvm/usr

as @Simpleton said, I wrote a comment in the wrong place. Now I'm editing it with a response. ;-)

edited Feb 16 '12 at 12:57

Simpleton

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answered Jan 25 '12 at 14:18

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Thanks this worked for me after trying similar reinstalls. Something funny about your rvm install line, copy/pasting didn't work, maybe some special characters. Anyway, thanks. – Amala Jan 30 '12 at 17:09
@Luciano Still giving you the bounty because this answer will probably work for anyone without MacPorts/Homebrew conflicts. – Simpleton Feb 20 '12 at 11:04
On Lion I had to run ```export CC=/usr/bin/gcc``` before it would compile. Found via [Jeff Douglas](http://blog.jeffdouglas.com/2011/08/01/ruby-1-9-2-install-errors-with-mac-os-x-lion-and-rvm/) – Forrest Mar 14 '12 at 22:15
I've tried various other hints as well without success - the specific PATH settings that removed the ambivalence about which openssl to use seem to make the difference and worked for me. – patschiboy Apr 20 '12 at 02:36
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i needed to update RVM using `rvm get head`, then this worked great! via [Delameko](http://stackoverflow.com/a/8007305/361609) – colllin Jan 15 '13 at 05:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '12 at 10:14

The problem seemed to be that Homebrew and MacPorts were conflicting, so I deleted MacPorts, removed all packages and the /opt/local/ directory. This caused some issue with the PG gem due to the PostgreSQL installation on Homebrew.

So I deleted the Postgres formula, then reinstalled it and ditto for the OpenSSL installation using Homebrew.

After that I imploded RVM and installed it and my Rubies again (not sure if this step was necessary) and finally it works.

It usually says you can only accept 2 days after submitting it. Guess that's only for fresh questions. — Simpleton, Feb 20 '12 at 11:03

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

I ran into this issue, too, but used a different solution. Here's the full stack trace of the error.

Here is the official bug report: http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/6184 The responses below the stack trace were very helpful.

If you're using OS X's default openssl -> do like brew install openssl and build with installed openssl, then try again.

If you're using openssl that installed by user -> build with OS X default ssl and try again.

This sounded similar to an issue for me recently when the readline library installed in MacPorts broke a ruby installation. Running the following script on the broken ruby installation showed it was loading the MacPorts openssl lib

require 'net/https'
puts `lsof -p #{$$} | grep ssl | awk '{print $9}'`

(the output)

/Users/john/.rbenv/versions/1.9.3-p125/lib/ruby/1.9.1/x86_64-darwin11.2.0/openssl.bundle
/opt/local/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib

The solution was to temporarily move MacPorts out of /opt/local while installing ruby.

Quit all processes that are accessing MacPorts files. You can see which ones are running with sudo lsof | grep /opt/local.
sudo mv /opt/local /opt/localbak
Open a new terminal, then compile and install Ruby
sudo mv /opt/localbak /opt/local

After that, the ruby installation worked properly alongside MacPorts and did not load the libssl file from MacPorts.

Persistent Ruby segfaulting after a clean install

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