no such file to load — openssl

no such file to load -- openssl

This error occurred while loading the following files: openssl


Are you using RVM?

If so you may want to reinstall ruby with the location of your openssl installation passed as an option:
$ rvm remove 1.8.7
$ rvm install 1.8.7 --with-openssl-dir=/usr/local/openssl  # or wherever openssl is installed

On a Debian-based system, you can find where openssl is installed by running the following command:
$ dpkg -L openssl

Alternatively you can have RVM install openssl for you:
$ rvm package install openssl
$ rvm remove 1.8.7
$ rvm install 1.8.7 --with-openssl-dir=$HOME/.rvm/usr

Note that afterwards you'll need to re-install rails:
$ gem install rails