DanSchmidt/LearnRubyTheHardWay — comment on commit debbe4347ea04a7bba8dbc4887a7d3cb7a5f5f62
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By DanSchmidt:

Fixed it!

Turns out I had to install the openssl-ruby package for ubuntu/debian and then recompile ruby. Luckily this was pretty simple thanks to using rvm with the rvm reinstall command.

Here's a link to the fix in case any other/future mentees have the same problem: http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/90083