Unable to install Ruby versions >= 2.7.2. The error is "dyld: Library not loaded" for libruby.2.7.dylib #1856

chmurph2 · 2021-01-21T18:16:57Z

chmurph2
Jan 21, 2021

I am unable to install Ruby versions >= 2.7.2. The error is "dyld: Library not loaded" error for libruby.2.7.dylib. The error for Ruby 3.0.0 is similar. I'm on macOS Big Sur.

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Generating RI format into /private/var/folders/_7/ry5dr9z94yxdty95rw2t82nw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20210121130100.92358.xJounK/ruby-2.7.2/.ext/rdoc...

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  Modules:      327 ( 134 undocumented)
  Constants:   2436 ( 727 undocumented)
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  Elapsed: 28.3s

	BASERUBY = /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/shims/ruby --disable=gems
	CC = clang
	LD = ld
	LDSHARED = clang -dynamiclib
	CFLAGS = -O3 -ggdb3 -Wall -Wextra -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wdivision-by-zero -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wimplicit-int -Wmisleading-indentation -Wpointer-arith -Wshorten-64-to-32 -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-noreturn -Wno-constant-logical-operand -Wno-long-long -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-overlength-strings -Wno-parentheses-equality -Wno-self-assign -Wno-tautological-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-value -Wunused-variable -Wextra-tokens -std=gnu99  -fno-common -pipe
	XCFLAGS = -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong -fno-strict-overflow -fvisibility=hidden -DRUBY_EXPORT -DCANONICALIZATION_FOR_MATHN -I. -I.ext/include/x86_64-darwin20 -I./include -I. -I./enc/unicode/12.1.0
	CPPFLAGS = -I/Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2/include  -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_UNLIMITED_SELECT -D_REENTRANT
	DLDFLAGS = -L/Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2/lib  -Wl,-undefined,dynamic_lookup -Wl,-multiply_defined,suppress -install_name /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2/lib/libruby.2.7.dylib -compatibility_version 2.7 -current_version 2.7.2  -fstack-protector-strong -framework Security -framework Foundation  -fstack-protector-strong -framework Security -framework Foundation
	SOLIBS = -lpthread -lgmp -ldl -lobjc
	LANG = en_US.UTF-8
	LC_ALL =
	LC_CTYPE =
	MFLAGS =

Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.28)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin20.2.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
dyld: Library not loaded: /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2/lib/libruby.2.7.dylib
  Referenced from: /var/folders/_7/ry5dr9z94yxdty95rw2t82nw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20210121130100.92358.xJounK/ruby-2.7.2/ruby
  Reason: image not found
/bin/sh: line 1: 43664 Abort trap: 6           /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/shims/ruby --disable=gems ./tool/file2lastrev.rb -q --revision.h --srcdir="." > revision.tmp
make: *** [revision.tmp] Error 134

BUILD FAILED (macOS 11.1 using ruby-build 20210119)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/_7/ry5dr9z94yxdty95rw2t82nw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20210121130100.92358.xJounK
Results logged to /var/folders/_7/ry5dr9z94yxdty95rw2t82nw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20210121130100.92358.log

Last 10 log lines:
	MFLAGS =
Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.28)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin20.2.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
dyld: Library not loaded: /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2/lib/libruby.2.7.dylib
  Referenced from: /var/folders/_7/ry5dr9z94yxdty95rw2t82nw0000gn/T/ruby-build.20210121130100.92358.xJounK/ruby-2.7.2/ruby
  Reason: image not found
/bin/sh: line 1: 43664 Abort trap: 6           /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/shims/ruby --disable=gems ./tool/file2lastrev.rb -q --revision.h --srcdir="." > revision.tmp
make: *** [revision.tmp] Error 134

ruby-build.log

Answered by chmurph2

Feb 14, 2021

Check your PATH. After removing .: (current directory), Ruby 2.7+ installs for me successfully.

Bad:

$ echo $PATH
/Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/shims:.:./bin: # and so on...

Good:

$ echo $PATH
/Users/you/.rbenv/shims:./bin: # and so on...

$ rbenv install 2.7.2
Downloading openssl-1.1.1i.tar.gz...
-> https://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/e8be6a35fe41d10603c3cc635e93289ed00bf34b79671a3a4de64fcee00d5242
Installing openssl-1.1.1i...
Installed openssl-1.1.1i to /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2

Downloading ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.7/ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2
Installing ruby-2.7.2...
ruby-build: using readline from homebrew
Installed ruby-2.7.2 to /Users/cmurphy/.rb…

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ricardopacheco · 2021-02-09T15:07:36Z

ricardopacheco
Feb 9, 2021

Same error with Catalina (10.15.7) and xcode (Version 12.4 (12D4e))

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chmurph2 · 2021-02-14T04:30:47Z

chmurph2
Feb 14, 2021
Author

Check your PATH. After removing .: (current directory), Ruby 2.7+ installs for me successfully.

Bad:

$ echo $PATH
/Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/shims:.:./bin: # and so on...

Good:

$ echo $PATH
/Users/you/.rbenv/shims:./bin: # and so on...

$ rbenv install 2.7.2
Downloading openssl-1.1.1i.tar.gz...
-> https://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/e8be6a35fe41d10603c3cc635e93289ed00bf34b79671a3a4de64fcee00d5242
Installing openssl-1.1.1i...
Installed openssl-1.1.1i to /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2

Downloading ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.7/ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2
Installing ruby-2.7.2...
ruby-build: using readline from homebrew
Installed ruby-2.7.2 to /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/2.7.2

$ rbenv install 3.0.0
Downloading openssl-1.1.1i.tar.gz...
-> https://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/e8be6a35fe41d10603c3cc635e93289ed00bf34b79671a3a4de64fcee00d5242
Installing openssl-1.1.1i...
Installing openssl-1.1.1i...
Installed openssl-1.1.1i to /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/3.0.0

Downloading ruby-3.0.0.tar.gz...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/3.0/ruby-3.0.0.tar.gz
Installing ruby-3.0.0...
ruby-build: using readline from homebrew
Installed ruby-3.0.0 to /Users/cmurphy/.rbenv/versions/3.0.0

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chmurph2 · 2021-02-14T11:11:29Z

chmurph2
Feb 14, 2021
Author

The above works around the issue. Should Rubies 2.7+ fail to build when the current directory (.) is included in the PATH though?

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wowinter13 · 2021-03-08T19:12:14Z

wowinter13
Mar 8, 2021

I had the same issue, but it was another problem in the $PATH:

/Users/you/.rbenv/shims::/ # and so on...

Removing of second colon symbol helped. /Users/you/.rbenv/shims:/ # and so on...

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huyvohcmc · 2021-03-26T10:13:22Z

huyvohcmc
Mar 26, 2021

I had the same error, but my OS is mac 10.15.7 and my path is as follow:

/Users/huyvo/.asdf/shims:/Users/huyvo/.asdf/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/go/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Users/huyvo/.zinit/polaris/sbin:/Users/huyvo/.zinit/polaris/bin:/Users/huyvo/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:/Users/huyvo/Library/Android/sdk/tools:/Users/huyvo/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:/Users/huyvo/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools:/Users/huyvo/.fzf/bin

I don't know what's wrong?

Output of asdf install ruby 2.7.2:

Downloading openssl-1.1.1i.tar.gz...
-> https://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/e8be6a35fe41d10603c3cc635e93289ed00bf34b79671a3a4de64fcee00d5242
Installing openssl-1.1.1i...
Installed openssl-1.1.1i to /Users/huyvo/.asdf/installs/ruby/2.7.2

Downloading ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2...
-> https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.7/ruby-2.7.2.tar.bz2
Installing ruby-2.7.2...
ruby-build: using readline from homebrew

BUILD FAILED (Mac OS X 10.15.7 using ruby-build 20201225)

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/bd/phnbltcx17sfq3_bvkxmcy7m0000gn/T/ruby-build.20210326170905.54439.FwVIGY
Results logged to /var/folders/bd/phnbltcx17sfq3_bvkxmcy7m0000gn/T/ruby-build.20210326170905.54439.log

Last 10 log lines:
        MFLAGS =
Apple clang version 12.0.0 (clang-1200.0.32.29)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin19.6.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
dyld: Library not loaded: /Users/huyvo/.asdf/installs/ruby/2.7.2/lib/libruby.2.7.dylib
  Referenced from: /var/folders/bd/phnbltcx17sfq3_bvkxmcy7m0000gn/T/ruby-build.20210326170905.54439.FwVIGY/ruby-2.7.2/ruby
  Reason: image not found
/bin/sh: line 1: 86168 Abort trap: 6           /Users/huyvo/.asdf/shims/ruby --disable=gems ./tool/file2lastrev.rb -q --revision.h --srcdir="." > revision.tmp
make: *** [revision.tmp] Error 134

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chmurph2 · 2021-03-26T15:28:50Z

chmurph2
Mar 26, 2021
Author

@huyvohcmc have you tried removing as many of those paths from your PATH to see if the problem goes away? If it does, then you can slowly add back each path until it breaks, then you'll know.

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huyvohcmc · 2021-03-26T16:21:33Z

huyvohcmc
Mar 26, 2021

@chmurph2 Yeah it was Android SDK paths.

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BoKleynen · 2021-05-29T21:03:47Z

BoKleynen
May 29, 2021

I had the same error message when trying to install a second ruby version using asdf (this seemed to be independent of which version I installed first, after that I got dyld: Library not loaded). When using rbenv I can install multiple ruby versions without problems

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sc0ttdav3y · 2021-09-01T05:00:17Z

sc0ttdav3y
Sep 1, 2021

I had the same problem on an Intel MacOS Big Sur. I was running rbenv install 2.7.2 with a Homebrew-installed rbenv. I ended up getting it working but I can't exactly tell you what worked — hope this helps someone nonetheless.

I first tried simplifying my path as per other posts here, but it didn't help in my case. I also found another open bug report about Sophos AV interfering with rbenv install, so I removed that and my error message changed, but still wasn't successful.

I ended up getting it working by running rbenv global 2.6.3 (which I found was installed), then rbenv uninstall 2.7.2, and then rbenv install 2.7.2 🎉

So, it's possible I had some older artefacts in there from a file transfer from a previous workstation, or it half-installed from one of my many earlier attempts, and this half-installation caused problems. It's also highly possible I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to ruby: 🐶 ⌨️ . Anyway, I hope this story helps someone.

Like many others, it's simply a toolchain dependency I need to do other things, and I'm quite unfamiliar with it when things like this go wrong. Props to the maintainers of both ruby and rbenv for all their unrecognised good work that helps devs like me get our own work done on top of their coolness, without having to become an expert in it.

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jlangr Jul 20, 2022

Similar to sc0ttdav3y, I was failing on rbenv install 2.7.3. An install of 2.6.3, followed immediately by an install of 2.7.3, did the trick. (Someone else had suggested this and I suspect they read your answer--so thanks Scott.)

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