gem eventmachine fatal error: 'openssl/ssl.h' file not found

Question

Just installed El Capitan and can\'t install gem eventmachine 1.0.7. openssl is at 1.0.2a-1. Tried to use --with-ss

Answer 1

If you're installing EventMachine as a dependency of another gem, be sure to specify the correct version when you manually install the gem:

gem install eventmachine -v 1.0.5 -- --with-cppflags=-I$(brew --prefix openssl)/include

Then you can install the gem that you were originally trying to install:

gem install mailcatcher