RVM, Ruby 1.8.6, OpenSSL and OSX

On OSX, the OpenSSL version shipped with MacPorts is 1.x.x, but Ruby 1.8.6 requires an older version.

Therefore RVM comes with 0.9.8n that can be installed with

[bash]rvm package install openssl[/bash]

Alas, it was not working for me, so I ended up manually downloading that version, running

[bash]
./configure darwin-i386-cc
make
make install
[/bash]

Then install ruby 1.8.6 using RVM

[bash]rvm install 1.8.6 –with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/ssl[/bash]

Now I can hopefully do some damage in the Facebook Hacker Cup.