rbenv install 2.1.0 fails on Mac OSX Mavericks

[minordv8]

This seems to happen often when installing older versions of Ruby for legacy projects.

:::::::::: Error ::::::::::

rbenv install 2.1.0
Downloading yaml-0.1.6.tar.gz...
-> http://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/5fe00cda18ca5daeb43762b80c38e06e
Installing yaml-0.1.6...
Installed yaml-0.1.6 to /Users/johnny/.rbenv/versions/2.1.0

Downloading ruby-2.1.0.tar.gz...
-> http://dqw8nmjcqpjn7.cloudfront.net/9e6386d53f5200a3e7069107405b93f7
Installing ruby-2.1.0...

BUILD FAILED

Inspect or clean up the working tree at /var/folders/9t/l5jzt5k929b2y10gy1c5_hy40000gn/T/ruby-build.20140521162902.36637
Results logged to /var/folders/9t/l5jzt5k929b2y10gy1c5_hy40000gn/T/ruby-build.20140521162902.36637.log

Last 10 log lines:
1 warning generated.
compiling ossl_x509ext.c
compiling ossl_x509name.c
compiling ossl_x509req.c
compiling ossl_x509revoked.c
compiling ossl_x509store.c
installing default openssl libraries
linking shared-object openssl.bundle
linking shared-object ripper.bundle
make: *** [build-ext] Error 2

:::::::::: Environment ::::::::::

• rbenv --version
  rbenv 0.4.0
• rbenv versions
  system
  2.0.0-rc2
• 2.1.1 (set by /Users/johnny/.rbenv/version)
• rbenv global
  2.1.1
• env
• grep -E 'PATH|RUBY|BUNDLE|RBENV'
  PATH=/usr/local/heroku/bin:/usr/local/maven-3.2.1/bin:/Users/johnny/.rbenv/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin
• which gem
  /Users/johnny/.rbenv/shims/gem
• rbenv which gem
  /Users/johnny/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/bin/gem
• cat /etc/gemrc
  cat: /etc/gemrc: No such file or directory
• cat /Users/johnny/.gemrc
  gem: --no-document
• gem env
  RubyGems Environment:
  • RUBYGEMS VERSION: 2.2.2
  • RUBY VERSION: 2.1.1 (2014-02-24 patchlevel 76) [x86_64-darwin13.0]
  • INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Users/johnny/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0
  • RUBY EXECUTABLE: /Users/johnny/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/bin/ruby
  • EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /Users/johnny/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/bin
  • SPEC CACHE DIRECTORY: /Users/johnny/.gem/specs
  • RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
    • ruby
    • x86_64-darwin-13
  • GEM PATHS:
    • /Users/johnny/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0
    • /Users/johnny/.gem/ruby/2.1.0
  • GEM CONFIGURATION:
    • :update_sources => true
    • :verbose => true
    • :backtrace => false
    • :bulk_threshold => 1000
    • "gem" => "--no-document"
  • REMOTE SOURCES:
    • https://rubygems.org/
  • SHELL PATH:
    • /Users/johnny/.rbenv/versions/2.1.1/bin
    • /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.4.0/libexec
    • /usr/local/heroku/bin
    • /usr/local/maven-3.2.1/bin
    • /Users/johnny/.rbenv/shims
    • /usr/local/bin
    • /usr/bin
    • /bin
    • /usr/sbin
    • /sbin
    • /usr/local/bin

[minordv8]

Ugh, after a bit more search found a solution here: #550 (comment)