Why am I getting the error - load error: openssl -- java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.jruby.ext.openssl.ASN1?

Question

I am trying to embed JRuby in a Java project. I am using jruby-complete-1.7.4.jar and ScriptingContainer.

For some reason, the following script throws error.

ScriptingContainer container = new ScriptingContainer();
container.runScriptlet("require 'net/https'");

This fails with the exception

load error: openssl -- java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.jruby.ext.openssl.ASN1.

This happens only in few computers. I don't have jruby-openssl and bouncy castle gem installed. My class path contains only jruby-complete-1.7.4.jar. I am wondering why this error happens and what should be done to work around this problem? How can this work on a computer and fails on a different one? Any help to debug the issue would be great.

Jruby version - 1.7.4
System - Mac OS X 10.8.4

Answer 1

You do not need jruby-openssl separately .. it should be bundled with jruby jar.. make sure you do not have any old jruby-openssl or bouncycastle installed.