openssl, ruby, rails, mysql and SHA256 errors

In the interests of not having to re-figure out how to install the above systems on my mac os (tiger 10.5.8) I am going to post the commands that I eventually used to get the damn thing to, essentially, recognise the new version of openssl I installed to be able to use the SHA256 digest method so I could talk to facebook correctly.

3.days.ago everything went pear shaped.

Prior to running this:

• Install http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/“>homebrew (to make installing openssl “easier” but really could be replaced next time with a curl/tar/configure/make set).
• Make sure your $PATH lists /usr/local/bin before /usr/bin, as outlined on http://hivelogic.com/articles/ruby-rails-leopard“>hivelogic (most of these commands come from there).
• Slap yourself once (again) for forgetting, 4.months.ago, to turn your Time Machine back on.


brew install openssl
mkdir /usr/local/src
cd /usr/local/src
curl -O ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.8/ruby-1.8.7-p330.tar.gz
tar xzvf ruby-1.8.7-p330.tar.gz
cd ruby-1.8.7-p330
./configure --enable-shared --enable-pthread CFLAGS=-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=1 --with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/Cellar/openssl/0.9.8o/
make
sudo make install
cd ..
curl -O http://rubyforge.iasi.roedu.net/files/rubygems/rubygems-1.3.4.tgz
tar xzvf rubygems-1.3.4.tgz
cd rubygems-1.3.4
sudo /usr/local/bin/ruby setup.rb
cd ..
sudo gem install rails
sudo gem install mongrel
sudo gem install capistrano
sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-dir=/usr/local/mysql

And that should just about do it. Check it’s all working (specifically the SHA256 part) with this command

ruby -ropenssl -e 'p OpenSSL::Digest::Digest.new("sha256")'

which should not return any errors. That being the point of the entire exercise.