Ubuntu 16 installation failure.

[Guyverix]

Still learning the basics for dealing with Ruby. This might not be an application issue, but an ignorance issue.
I cannot install per your install instructions due to errors on "(sudo) gem install smashing"
The error in the logs states:
package configuration for openssl is not found
openssl is the latest version, and I installed libssl-dev as well from searching google.

Is this an issue, or am I missing something basic?
Fresh install of Ubuntu 16, completely up to date on all packages.

[kinow]

Hi @Guyverix

I'm on Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS, and that works for me. So more likely we have some different dependencies :-) very likely something with Ruby.

Can you try the following?

kinow@linux:~$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'openssl'
=> true
irb(main):002:0>

[Guyverix]

Looks like that is successful for me:
$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'openssl'
=> true
irb(main):002:0>

[kinow]

Nice. I wonder if this list of packages installed in my notebook containing ssl might help?

root@linux:/home/kinow# dpkg -l | grep ssl
ii  libflac8:amd64                                                        1.3.1-4                                       amd64        Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C library
ii  libflac8:i386                                                         1.3.1-4                                       i386         Free Lossless Audio Codec - runtime C library
ii  libgnutls-openssl27:amd64                                             3.4.10-4ubuntu1.1                             amd64        GNU TLS library - OpenSSL wrapper
ii  libio-socket-ssl-perl                                                 2.024-1                                       all          Perl module implementing object oriented interface to SSL sockets
ii  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl                                                  1.03-1                                        all          Perl module providing SSL support to Net::SMTP
ii  libnet-ssleay-perl                                                    1.72-1build1                                  amd64        Perl module for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
ii  libssl-dev:amd64                                                      1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                             amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
ii  libssl-doc                                                            1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                             all          Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development documentation
ii  libssl1.0.0:amd64                                                     1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                             amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
ii  libssl1.0.0:i386                                                      1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                             i386         Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
ii  libwavpack1:amd64                                                     4.75.2-2                                      amd64        audio codec (lossy and lossless) - library
ii  openssl                                                               1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                             amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
ii  ssl-cert                                                              1.0.37                                        all          simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL

Also, might be worth uninstalling smashing/dashing/eventmachine, and reinstalling it? Or running a gem update.

[Guyverix]

Hmm, I notice you specifically have a 32 bit installation of libssl installed as well. Wonder if that could be the issue. When I get back in the office in the morning I will install a 32 bit version, and give it a shot.

I did run a gem update, and it appears to have updated most things, but errors on a few of the updates.

 dpkg -l | grep ssl
ii  libgnutls-openssl27:amd64          3.4.10-4ubuntu1.1                  amd64        GNU TLS library - OpenSSL wrapper
ii  libssl-dev:amd64                   1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
ii  libssl-doc                         1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  all          Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development documentation
ii  libssl1.0.0:amd64                  1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
ii  openssl                            1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility

[Guyverix]

Installed all the SSL stuff to mirror your configuration:

dpkg -l | grep ssl
ii  libgnutls-openssl27:amd64          3.4.10-4ubuntu1.1                  amd64        GNU TLS library - OpenSSL wrapper
ii  libio-socket-ssl-perl              2.024-1                            all          Perl module implementing object oriented interface to SSL sockets
ii  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl               1.03-1                             all          Perl module providing SSL support to Net::SMTP
ii  libnet-ssleay-perl                 1.72-1build1                       amd64        Perl module for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
ii  libssl-dev:amd64                   1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development files
ii  libssl-doc                         1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  all          Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - development documentation
ii  libssl1.0.0:amd64                  1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
ii  libssl1.0.0:i386                   1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  i386         Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - shared libraries
ii  openssl                            1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.5                  amd64        Secure Sockets Layer toolkit - cryptographic utility
ii  ssl-cert                           1.0.37                             all          simple debconf wrapper for OpenSSL

Still no luck. I dont know if it makes a difference, but since I am new to working with Ruby I did NOT do anything other than an apt-get install ruby from the default repos. There has been no additional configuration done.

This is the log output that seems to be the source of my trouble..

sudo gem install smashing
Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
ERROR:  Error installing smashing:
	ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

    current directory: /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/gems/eventmachine-1.2.1/ext
/usr/bin/ruby2.3 -r ./siteconf20161221-18713-70jmhx.rb extconf.rb
checking for main() in -lcrypto... *** extconf.rb failed ***
Could not create Makefile due to some reason, probably lack of necessary
libraries and/or headers.  Check the mkmf.log file for more details.  You may
need configuration options.

---- SNIP ----

To see why this extension failed to compile, please check the mkmf.log which can be found here:

  /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/eventmachine-1.2.1/mkmf.log

---- SNIP ----

cat /var/lib/gems/2.3.0/extensions/x86_64-linux/2.3.0/eventmachine-1.2.1/mkmf.log
"gcc -o conftest -I/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/ruby-2.3.0 -I/usr/include/ruby-2.3.0/ruby/backward -I/usr/include/ruby-2.3.0 -I. -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2   -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC conftest.c  -L. -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L. -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fstack-protector -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic     -lruby-2.3  -lpthread -lgmp -ldl -lcrypt -lm   -lc"
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: #include "ruby.h"
2: 
3: int main(int argc, char **argv)
4: {
5:   return 0;
6: }
/* end */

package configuration for openssl is not found

[kinow]

Well, think I found a way to reproduce, and maybe how to fix it.

Here's how I reproduced it:

cd /tmp
mkdir v1
cd v1
vagrant init ubuntu/xenial64
vagrant up
vagrant ssh
sudo su
apt update
apt install ruby ruby-dev openssl libssl-dev
gem install bundler
gem install smashing

Then got the same message as you have. And here's how I fixed it.

apt install build-essential

One of the transitive libraries installed must fix the issue. Let me know if that works for you @Guyverix and we can update the installation instructions with a block for Ubuntu users 👍

[Guyverix]

Sorry for it taking so long to get back to you, the holidays are crazy. That was it! I was able to install properly once I installed the build-essential package.

Thank you very much for figuring that out. I was at a dead stop since I do not know Ruby all that well. Now the real fun begins!

[indigca]

Kudos Kinow !