ruby on rails - Can't install gems because "undefined method `invoke_with_build_args' for nil:NilClass"

Question

I'm on the Ruby track and I'm in the installation process of Ruby on Rails.

I'm trying to install gems but it's not happening and i'm not sure why and how to fix it.

$gem install bundler

ERROR:  Loading command: install (LoadError)
dlopen(/Users/nthulanemakgato/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/lib/ruby/2.1.0/x86_64-    darwin13.0/openssl.bundle, 9): Library not loaded:     /usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/libssl.1.0.0.dylib
  Referenced from: /Users/nthulanemakgato/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/lib/ruby/2.1.0/x86_64-    darwin13.0/openssl.bundle
  Reason: image not found -     /Users/nthulanemakgato/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/lib/ruby/2.1.0/x86_64-darwin13.0/openssl.bundle
ERROR:  While executing gem ... (NoMethodError)
undefined method `invoke_with_build_args' for nil:NilClass

Here is one of the solutions that i've tried:

$CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=brew --prefix openssl" rbenv install 2.1.1

rbenv: /Users/nthulanemakgato/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1 already exists
continue with installation? (y/N) y
Downloading yaml-0.1.6.tar.gz...
-> http://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/5fe00cda18ca5daeb43762b80c38e06e
Installing yaml-0.1.6...

BUILD FAILED

Inspect or clean up the working tree at     /var/folders/tj/_bd6whds6lb7wtn2m8ylwx7h0000gp/T/ruby-build.20140429120202.53716
Results logged to /var/folders/tj/_bd6whds6lb7wtn2m8ylwx7h0000gp/T/ruby-    build.20140429120202.53716.log

Last 10 log lines:
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/test_reader.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/run_loader.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/run_parser.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/example_reformatter_alt.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/example_deconstructor.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/libyaml.dsw
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/yaml.dsp
/var/folders/tj/_bd6whds6lb7wtn2m8ylwx7h0000gp/T/ruby-build.20140429120202.53716/yaml-  0.1.6 /var/folders/tj/_bd6whds6lb7wtn2m8ylwx7h0000gp/T/ruby-build.20140429120202.53716 ~
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-openssl-dir
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: openssl

BUILD FAILED

Inspect or clean up the working tree at     /var/folders/tj/_bd6whds6lb7wtn2m8ylwx7h0000gp/T/ruby-build.20140429120202.53716
Results logged to /var/folders/tj/_bd6whds6lb7wtn2m8ylwx7h0000gp/T/ruby-  build.20140429120202.53716.log

Last 10 log lines:
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/run_loader.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/run_parser.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/example_reformatter_alt.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/example_deconstructor.dsp
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/libyaml.dsw
x yaml-0.1.6/win32/vc6/yaml.dsp
/var/folders/tj/_bd6whds6lb7wtn2m8ylwx7h0000gp/T/ruby-build.20140429120202.53716/yaml-        0.1.6 /var/folders/tj/_bd6whds6lb7wtn2m8ylwx7h0000gp/T/ruby-build.20140429120202.53716 ~
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --with-openssl-dir
configure: error: expected an absolute directory name for --prefix: openssl
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

I have openssl-1.0.1g installed

I'm using Mac 10.9.2
ruby 2.1.1p76 (2014-02-24 revision 45161) [x86_64-darwin13.0]
rbenv 0.4.0-97-gfe0b243

This is not like other questions in that i'm using rbenv whereas others ask rvm related questions which I can't use.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I found that although I already had openSSL installed I needed to brew upgrade ruby before it was recognized. Another maze of twisty little passages, all alike.