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Joshua Kleveter
Joshua Kleveter
21,181 Points
Posted by Joshua Kleveter
Joshua Kleveter
21,181 Points

rbenv install 2.2.0 BUILD FAILED error

I've installed rbenv, ruby-build, and Command Line Tools. When I run the command rbenv install 2.2.0 it gives a BUILD FAILED error. Here's what my console looks like:

Joshua: ~ > rbenv install 2.2.0
Downloading openssl-1.0.1l.tar.gz...
-> http://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/b2cf4d48fe5d49f240c61c9e624193a6f232b5ed0baf010681e725963c40d1d4
Installing openssl-1.0.1l...
Installed openssl-1.0.1l to /Users/Joshua/.rbenv/versions/2.2.0

Downloading ruby-2.2.0.tar.gz...
-> http://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/7671e394abfb5d262fbcd3b27a71bf78737c7e9347fa21c39e58b0bb9c4840fc
Installing ruby-2.2.0...

BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.10.2 using ruby-build 20150130-2-g8106d8f)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /tmp/ruby-build.20150218175402.56007
Results logged to /tmp/ruby-build.20150218175402.56007.log

Last 10 log lines:
    from /private/tmp/ruby-build.20150218175402.56007/ruby-2.2.0/lib/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:394:in `install'
    from /private/tmp/ruby-build.20150218175402.56007/ruby-2.2.0/lib/rubygems.rb:558:in `install'
    from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:717:in `block (2 levels) in <main>'
    from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:716:in `each'
    from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:716:in `block in <main>'
    from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:749:in `call'
    from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:749:in `block in <main>'
    from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:746:in `each'
    from ./tool/rbinstall.rb:746:in `<main>'
make: *** [do-install-all] Error 1
Joshua: ~>

What in the world is going wrong?

3 Answers

Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points
Sage Elliott
Sage Elliott
30,003 Points

I was also having trouble getting it to instal Ruby 2.2.0. I decided to try and use RVM as the manager and it worked. https://rvm.io/rvm/install. I followed the instructions for "Install RVM stable with ruby:" and restarted my terminal. ruby -v now returns 2.2.0p0!

Happy coding!

Charlie Jaime
Charlie Jaime
17,351 Points
Charlie Jaime
Charlie Jaime
17,351 Points

Install ruby build first then the rbenv should be allowed to install 1st) install ruby-build or brew install ruby-build 2nd) rbenv install 2.2.0 It should work

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Joshua Kleveter
Joshua Kleveter
21,181 Points
Joshua Kleveter
Joshua Kleveter
21,181 Points

I've already installed ruby-build, so it should be working; the error does not change though. The rbenv install command is not available unless ruby-build is installed.

Any other thoughts? I'm personally wondering if it's a corrupted file.

Joshua Kleveter
Joshua Kleveter
21,181 Points
Joshua Kleveter
Joshua Kleveter
21,181 Points

Got it to work by installing Ruby 2.1.5 instead of 2.2.0. Not sure why the difference but it'll work for now.