rvm install "ruby-2.5.1" --Error running '__rvm_make -j10', in MAC OS Monterey 12.4

[ravisankarofp]

Below is the error i am facing while installig ruby-2.5.1. Please note that i have to install only this specific version of ruby. Appreciate if anyone can provide hints/clues to solve this issue?

Error running '__rvm_make -j10',
please read /Users/ravisankar/.rvm/log/1658948998_ruby-2.5.1/make.log

[Bardiamist]

Same issue on rvm install 2.7.5 on macOS 12.5

[ravisankarofp]

Below solution worked for me...
In the terminal, execute below commands in sequence

export warnflags=-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration
rvm install ruby-2.5.1

Please give it a try.

Even though status looks broken, but i am able to build my rails code and run the server successfully.

[sometimescasey]

Was installing Ruby 3.0.0 on Mac OS Monterey with an M2 chip. I recommend actually reading the error in the log because I had to try a couple of different things to finally get this to work, and I'm not 100% sure which one actually did the trick:

First error:

closure.c:265:14: error: implicit declaration of function 'ffi_prep_closure' is invalid in C99 [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
    result = ffi_prep_closure(pcl, cif, callback, (void *)self);
             ^
1 error generated.

It looks like @ravisankarofp's suggestion was meant to address this but unfortunate that didn't work for me. This did, however:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/68351730/3700490

I then got this error:

readline.c:1904:37: error: use of undeclared identifier 'username_completion_function'; did you mean 'rl_username_completion_function'?
                                    rl_username_completion_function);
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                    rl_username_completion_function
readline.c:79:42: note: expanded from macro 'rl_username_completion_function'

So then I read https://stackoverflow.com/a/67249174/3700490 and the following resulted in a successful install:

arch -x86_64 rvm install 3.0.0

I'll report back if this results in a broken Ruby install.

[evgeny-danilov]

I experienced the same issue with ruby 2.7.1, when I changed the machine. I changed the version to 2.7.8 and it solved the problem.

[mathieujobin]

try -j2 instead, -j10 is a lot of core, that's why it gets killed

[skqist225]

Below solution worked for me... In the terminal, execute below commands in sequence

export warnflags=-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration rvm install ruby-2.5.1

Please give it a try.

Even though status looks broken, but i am able to build my rails code and run the server successfully.

Thanks for your solution. That works in my case.

[muriithiKabogo]

Thanks th

Below solution worked for me... In the terminal, execute below commands in sequence

export warnflags=-Wno-error=implicit-function-declaration rvm install ruby-2.5.1

Please give it a try.

Even though status looks broken, but i am able to build my rails code and run the server successfully.

This worked for me. Using a macbook pro M1

[hballangan-mdsol]

arch -x86_64 rvm install 3.0.0

didn't work for me
arch -arm64 rvm install 3.2.2

[Alex808r]

Mac M1 Monterey

rvm install 3.2.0 => Error running '__rvm_make -j8'

I solved the problem like this

1. rvm remove 3.2.0
2. rvm cleanup all
3. rvm reinstall 3.2.0 --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl) --with-readline-dir=$(brew --prefix readline) --with-libyaml-dir=$(brew --prefix libyaml) --disable-dtrace --disable-docs

[k-vikram]

Was installing Ruby 3.0.0 on Mac OS Monterey with an M2 chip. I recommend actually reading the error in the log because I had to try a couple of different things to finally get this to work, and I'm not 100% sure which one actually did the trick:

First error:

closure.c:265:14: error: implicit declaration of function 'ffi_prep_closure' is invalid in C99 [-Werror,-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
    result = ffi_prep_closure(pcl, cif, callback, (void *)self);
             ^
1 error generated.

It looks like @ravisankarofp's suggestion was meant to address this but unfortunate that didn't work for me. This did, however:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/68351730/3700490

I then got this error:

readline.c:1904:37: error: use of undeclared identifier 'username_completion_function'; did you mean 'rl_username_completion_function'?
                                    rl_username_completion_function);
                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                                    rl_username_completion_function
readline.c:79:42: note: expanded from macro 'rl_username_completion_function'

So then I read https://stackoverflow.com/a/67249174/3700490 and the following resulted in a successful install:

arch -x86_64 rvm install 3.0.0

I'll report back if this results in a broken Ruby install.

@sometimescasey Super thanks for the pointer! I am on Mac M2 chipset and I was facing the __rvm_make -j8 error without remedy. This stackoverflow answer, more so the idea to chuck rvm and go for rbenv worked for me. After spending more than 6-7hours , rbenv did the trick!

[gabeodess]

Okay, after running into this a number of times I've finally figured out my issues, so I'll document them here.

This is on a 2021 M1 MacBook Pro.

To @sometimescasey 's point, you should review your log file to determine specifically which issues you are facing.

My first error like some of the above comments was:

closure.c:264:14: error: call to undeclared function 'ffi_prep_closure'

This is fixed by setting the appropriate flags as also already mentioned:

export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/include"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig"

The next issue I ran into is not mentioned in the above comments:

ossl.c:311:14: error: 'ERR_get_error_line_data' is deprecated

In my case, trying to install ruby@2.5.8 which depends on openssl@1.1 is failing because Homebrew is locking me to openssl@3.0. I can't set this in my global flags because those are already being used for libffi, so we get a successful install by setting the flag locally:

rvm install 2.5 -- --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl@1.1)

[gitJoe42]

For me it was necessary to follow this instructions: https://medium.com/@canerten/building-ruby-3-1-3-fails-with-openssl-1-0-2o-1-on-m1-apple-silicon-mac-with-brew-89d7e550420b

Then rvm install 3.2.2 worked like charm.

MacBook Air M2 macOs 14.0

By the way: This solved my original problem that after installing rails, rails wasn't found on my system. (Rails is not currently installed on this system. To get the latest version)

[gabeodess]

Okay, after running into this a number of times I've finally figured out my issues, so I'll document them here.

This is on a 2021 M1 MacBook Pro.

To @sometimescasey 's point, you should review your log file to determine specifically which issues you are facing.

My first error like some of the above comments was:

closure.c:264:14: error: call to undeclared function 'ffi_prep_closure'

This is fixed by setting the appropriate flags as also already mentioned:

export LDFLAGS="-L/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/include"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig"

The next issue I ran into is not mentioned in the above comments:

ossl.c:311:14: error: 'ERR_get_error_line_data' is deprecated

In my case, trying to install ruby@2.5.8 which depends on openssl@1.1 is failing because Homebrew is locking me to openssl@3.0. I can't set this in my global flags because those are already being used for libffi, so we get a successful install by setting the flag locally:

rvm install 2.5 -- --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl@1.1)

Following up on this, using --with-openssl-dir didn't seem to work for me when attempting to install ruby@2.6.6. Although I was supplying the directory to openssl@1.1, the error logs from compilation were still referencing openssl@3.

To solve this I linked the older version of openssl using homebrew and then was able to install without issue:

brew link --overwrite openssl@1.1
openssl version
# => OpenSSL 1.1.1w  11 Sep 2023
rvm install 2.6

[fdecono]

Mac M1 Monterey

rvm install 3.2.0 => Error running '__rvm_make -j8'

I solved the problem like this

1. rvm remove 3.2.0
2. rvm cleanup all
3. rvm reinstall 3.2.0 --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl) --with-readline-dir=$(brew --prefix readline) --with-libyaml-dir=$(brew --prefix libyaml) --disable-dtrace --disable-docs

THX!!!! Was having issues with 3.1.3 after updating to Sonoma and this fixed it (using 3.1.3 instead of 3.2.0)

[xnzMeow]

Mac M1 max sonoma
rvm install 3.2.0 => Error running '__rvm_make -j10'
I solved the problem like this

1. rvm remove 3.1.3
2. rvm cleanup all
3. rvm reinstall 3.1.3 --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl) --with-readline-dir=$(brew --prefix readline) --with-libyaml-dir=$(brew --prefix libyaml) --disable-dtrace --disable-docs

THX!!!! Was having issues with 3.1.3 after updating to Sonoma and this fixed it (using 3.1.3 instead of 3.2.0)

I am using sonoma this command solved my problem. THANK YOU : )

[felipefunes]

Mac M1 Monterey

rvm install 3.2.0 => Error running '__rvm_make -j8'

I solved the problem like this

rvm remove 3.2.0
rvm cleanup all
rvm reinstall 3.2.0 --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl) --with-readline-dir=$(brew --prefix readline) --with-libyaml-dir=$(brew --prefix libyaml) --disable-dtrace --disable-docs

I'm using Mac M1 with Sonoma and this works for me installing Ruby 3.3.0 Thanks!

[elabayoub]

This one worked for me (Ventura 13.1) => OS cloned for another machine that's who i've force arch:

arch -x86_64 rvm install 3.3.0 --with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/opt/openssl@1.1

[ryankoch13]

Mac M1 Monterey

rvm install 3.2.0 => Error running '__rvm_make -j8'

I solved the problem like this

1. rvm remove 3.2.0
2. rvm cleanup all
3. rvm reinstall 3.2.0 --with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl) --with-readline-dir=$(brew --prefix readline) --with-libyaml-dir=$(brew --prefix libyaml) --disable-dtrace --disable-docs

thank you so so so much