Ruby Help- openssl error

Hi,

I have installed Ruby 1.8.4. I am trying to use net/ssh module in my
program.

require 'net/ssh'

when i try to execute the ruby program, i get this error.

"/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:22:in
`require__': no such file to load -- openssl (LoadError)
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:22:in
`require'
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/net-ssh-1.0.9/lib/net/ssh/transport/ossl/services.rb:17
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/needle-1.3.0/lib/needle/container.rb:354:in
`require'
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/needle-1.3.0/lib/needle/definition-context.rb:77:in
`require'
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/net-ssh-1.0.9/lib/net/ssh/transport/services.rb:137:in
`register_services'
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/needle-1.3.0/lib/needle/container.rb:107:in
`define'
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/needle-1.3.0/lib/needle/container.rb:250:in
`namespace_define'
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/needle-1.3.0/lib/needle/container.rb:177:in
`namespace'
         ... 10 levels...
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/needle-1.3.0/lib/needle/container.rb:107:in
`define'
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/net-ssh-1.0.9/lib/net/ssh/session.rb:94:in
`initialize'
        from
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/net-ssh-1.0.9/lib/net/ssh.rb:47:in
`start'
        from ./Connect.rb:4
"


Thanks in Advance.





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