Ruby unsupported protocol (OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError) on Debian/Linux

Question

How to fix this error that happens on Debian Linux using ssl commands with ruby ?

/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:586:in `connect': SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=unknown state: unsupported protocol (OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError)

I found the answer, Iḿ posting this as a reference for other users.

Answer 1

You need to change ruby version to at least 1.8.7-p358

I had this error after upgrading openssl libs from openssl_1.0.0h-1 (amd64) to openssl_1.0.1-4.

I'm on Debian testing wheezy.

Just use https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv to install ruby 1.8.7-p358. I had the standard ruby 1.8.7.352 from debian testing.

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