Ruby-build: Ruby 2.3.1 build issues on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.6

[pc-mreeves]

I am getting an odd error when building 2.3.1. I get one of two errors:

BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.11.6 using ruby-build 20160602)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20160909104415.25429
Results logged to /var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20160909104415.25429.log

Last 10 log lines:
compiling vm_backtrace.c
compiling vm_trace.c
compiling thread.c
compiling cont.c
compiling ./missing/explicit_bzero.c
compiling ./missing/setproctitle.c
compiling dmyenc.c
make: ./config.status: Permission denied
make: *** [ruby-runner.c] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

or

BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.11.6 using ruby-build 20160602)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20160909110514.33878
Results logged to /var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20160909110514.33878.log

Last 10 log lines:
compiling enc/unicode.c
compiling enc/utf_8.c
compiling enc/trans/newline.c
linking miniruby
generating encdb.h
make: ./miniruby: Permission denied
make: ./miniruby: Permission denied
make: *** [.rbconfig.time] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [encdb.h] Error 1

I have checked and there is nothing strange about the perms of these files. Perhaps antivirus or something like that is the culprit?

However if I cd /var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20160909110514.33878/ruby-2.3.1 and run make install it seems to install it successfully to ~/.rbenv/versions/

Any ideas or can I provide more information? Does installing ruby 2.3.1 this way cause any problems? make test also passed.

[erikphansen]

I'm getting different errors in a similar environment.

❯ rbenv install 2.3.1                                                       0 < 16:24:46
Downloading ruby-2.3.1.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.3/ruby-2.3.1.tar.bz2
Installing ruby-2.3.1...

BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.11.6 using ruby-build 20160602)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/lj/kndx6mlx3flcd0gl8xp7__680000gn/T/ruby-build.20160914162742.65586
Results logged to /var/folders/lj/kndx6mlx3flcd0gl8xp7__680000gn/T/ruby-build.20160914162742.65586.log

Last 10 log lines:
  Referenced from: /private/var/folders/lj/kndx6mlx3flcd0gl8xp7__680000gn/T/ruby-build.20160914162742.65586/ruby-2.3.1/./miniruby (which was built for Mac OS X 10.12)
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

dyld: Symbol not found: _clock_gettime
  Referenced from: /private/var/folders/lj/kndx6mlx3flcd0gl8xp7__680000gn/T/ruby-build.20160914162742.65586/ruby-2.3.1/./miniruby (which was built for Mac OS X 10.12)
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

make: *** [encdb.h] Trace/BPT trap: 5
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [.rbconfig.time] Trace/BPT trap: 5

Puzzled by the references to built for Mac OS X 10.12 which doesn't officially come out for a week or so. I'm running 10.11.6

[stenlarsson]

I hade the second problem described here, probably because Xcode was upgraded. Solved by running

xcode-select --install

[erikphansen]

@stenlarsson nailed it. Thanks!

Seems that installing Xcode on a new machine doesn't automatically install the command line tools. Could have sworn that used to be the case. Or at least they would prompt you to.

[mislav]

@pc-mreeves Might that be the cause of your problems as well?

[pc-mreeves]

It could definitely be related. However, IIRC I did not need to run that command because I ran the homebrew install first which installs the command line tools:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install

If I try to run it again I get this:
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates

I'll update and see if that fixes the issue... (after 3.44 gigs (!!!) downloads and installs...)

[josephgrossberg]

@pc-mreeves Did the App Store download fix the problem for you?

[pc-mreeves]

Unfortunately no... As I mentioned I had manually run make install on 2.3.1 so I didn't want to re-install that. So I tested by installing 2.2.5 and got the same error "make: ./miniruby: Permission denied". I suspect it might be Sophos antivirus or some other random culprit.

I can still cd to the directory and run make install and then it works.

[josephgrossberg]

@pc-mreeves Thank you for the reply!

May I ask: when you say, "I can still cd to the directory and run make install and then it works." which directory are you referring to?

[pc-mreeves]

(Sorry had to edit this because 2.2.1 is failing with a different error)

When the rbenv install 2.2.5 -v command fails it says something like:

/var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20161003095011.89195 ~
Downloading ruby-2.2.5.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.2/ruby-2.2.5.tar.bz2
/var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20161003095011.89195/ruby-2.2.5 /var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20161003095011.89195 ~
Installing ruby-2.2.5...

**SNIP**

linking miniruby
generating encdb.h
make: ./miniruby: Permission denied
make: ./miniruby: Permission denied
make: *** [.rbconfig.time] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [encdb.h] Error 1

If I cd to /var/folders/_y/qc89fk7n3m1f1p5pt8kpsgvdv009dp/T/ruby-build.20161003095011.89195 I can run make install and it will complete successfully.

[josephgrossberg]

Confirmed -- I got the same output re: miniruby permissions, and a make install solved it. Thanks for documenting this.

I'll also note my ruby is 2.3.1. Apparently this problem occurs on multiple versions of ruby. Thank you for documenting a workaround.

[phpmaps]

@pc-mreeves thank you for your suggestion to cd into the working tree ie. /var/folders/jj/wc_0mglj53x4rlnqxl9yzkk467jj82/T/ruby-build.20161023213421.54245 and then run make install after i did this ruby 2.3.1 successfully built! Then to start using the latest version I had to write rbenv global 2.3.1 to my terminal.

[zwang]

It seem for 2.3.1, under the working tree, there is another folder called ruby-2.3.1, needs to go there and then make install to install the ruby 2.3.1

[recyclablestudios]

I'm getting this when make install..

JM:ruby-build.20161117072715.65539 jm$ make install
make: *** No rule to make target `install'. Stop.
JM:ruby-build.20161117072715.65539 jm$

[athrunsun]

I got the same error when I was trying to install ruby 2.4.0 on OSX Yosemite 10.10.5, which is resolved by prefixing install command with an sudo.

But why do I have to append an sudo before rbenv install 2.4.0? I thought rbenv is installing everything into my ~/.rbenv, isn't that the truth?

I think prefixing install command with sudo defeat the purpose of having rbenv in home folder, you'll have write permission issue with your $HOME/.rbenv/versions/2.4.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0 immediately after ruby installation, and you have to do sth. like sudo chown -R <your user name>:staff $HOME/.rbenv to make gem install bundler works.

[MisterSpicy]

This is still an issue 2 years later

BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.13.6 using ruby-build 20180822)

This makes me so sad - even with a fairly simple workaround. xcode-select --install is not the root cause. It is potentially a cause, but not the only one.

[mislav]

Closing due to staleness. If there is more recent information, steps to reproduce, workarounds, please open a new issue! 🙇

[tleish]

Our team still has this issue.

$ ruby-build 2.6.1 ~/.rubies/ruby-2.6.1                                                                                                                          Thu Mar  7 08:00:36 2019
ruby-build: use openssl from homebrew
Downloading ruby-2.6.1.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.6/ruby-2.6.1.tar.bz2
Installing ruby-2.6.1...
ruby-build: use readline from homebrew

BUILD FAILED (OS X 10.14.3 using ruby-build 20190130)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/fj/wd8pp7d54rj2gmklzybhx0_r78033x/T/ruby-build.20190307080037.92628
Results logged to /var/folders/fj/wd8pp7d54rj2gmklzybhx0_r78033x/T/ruby-build.20190307080037.92628.log

Last 10 log lines:
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin18.2.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
compiling ./main.c
compiling dmydln.c
make: ./tool/darwin-cc: Permission denied
make: ./tool/darwin-cc: Permission denied
make: *** [main.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [dmydln.o] Error 1

In my particular case, the machine is new install of MacOS (vs upgraded) with:

• MacOS 10.14.3 (Mojave)
• Homebrew 2.0.3
• Xcode 10.1
• ruby-build 20190130

Workaround to cd /var/folders/.../ruby-2.6.1 and run make install from original post still works.

What can we do to help troubleshoot and find resolution?

[vitorreis]

July 2019, this still happens.... workaround... cd into the folder of the build and make install

[3rdfoundation]

This is still a problem. I don't compile stuff very often so this was an all-morning struggle.

To provide some specifics for others in this situation:
I was patching 2.4.2 ruby so that ruby-prof could dump memory.

https://github.com/skaes/rvm-patchsets

After downloading the patches, this was the command that failed with the permission issue:
cat *.patch | rbenv install --patch -f 2.4.2

error:

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/99/8h26v_fs6d76rfhsyxkj89hw7807y2/T/ruby-build.20190830111832.57168
Results logged to /var/folders/99/8h26v_fs6d76rfhsyxkj89hw7807y2/T/ruby-build.20190830111832.57168.log

Last 10 log lines:
...
make: ./config.status: Permission denied

The file it will fail on with permissions can vary but this was my fix:

cd .rbenv/versions/
mkdir 2.4.2
mkdir 2.4.2/lib
cd /var/folders/99/8h26v_fs6d76rfhsyxkj89hw7807y2/T/ruby-build.20190830111832.57168/ruby-2.4.2
make install

[akac]

make install works - but if I do that it does not link to homebrew's openSSL. How do we make sure make install uses homebrew's openSSL

[vrcca]

Same problem here on MacOS 10.15.1.

I solved the problem doing the cd plus make install. However, I am using asdf to manage my environment, and I needed to do a few things to make asdf work properly:

1. Try to install ruby: asdf install ruby 2.5.6. It fails.
2. Before running make install, ensure that the following folders (change the version) are created, and openssl is installed:

mkdir -p ~/.asdf/installs/ruby/2.5.6/bin
mkdir -p ~/.asdf/installs/ruby/2.5.6/lib
mkdir -p ~/.asdf/installs/ruby/2.5.6/include 

1. Install openssl: cd /var/folders/path/to/ruby-build/openssl-1.1.1b && make install
2. Install Ruby: cd /var/folders/path/to/ruby-build/ruby-2.5.6 && make install

After the installation completes, set the ruby version in asdf. I needed to asdf reshim in order to asdf to be able to see it.

Update 06-12-2019: SSL certificates fix

After running the commands above, I was able to run ruby, install bundler and properly install gems. However, I faced issues with SSL. For instance, I got the unable to get local issuer certificate error when trying to make SSL calls. I noticed that there were missing steps in ruby-build that I did not manually run:

cd ~/.asdf/installs/ruby/2.5.6/openssl/ssl
security find-certificate -a -p /Library/Keychains/System.keychain > "cert.pem"
security find-certificate -a -p /System/Library/Keychains/SystemRootCertificates.keychain >> "cert.pem"

Now you should be able to see everything is fine with: curl -sL https://git.io/vQhWq | ruby

Update 20-02-2020: Still happening

• macOS Catalina 10.15.3
• Ruby 2.7.0

[shanepinnell]

Same issue on MacOS 11. cd into working directory and make install fixes it.

[AlaaAttya]

Dec. 2019 and still happening!