# Mediasoup Rust Build Fails

**URL:** <https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/mediasoup-rust-build-fails/4459>\
**Category:** mediasoup libraries\
**Created:** [August 13, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/mediasoup-rust-build-fails/4459 "2022-08-13T17:10:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![baris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@baris](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/baris)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/mediasoup-rust-build-fails/4459/1 "2022-08-13T17:10:37Z")

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I wanted to try out the rust version of mediasoup but I’m getting some errors when building the project.  
Just created the project and added `mediasoup` as dependency. Nothing going on there but somehow the build fails.

I have also tried to local clean cargo cache and `target` directory inside the projects directory.

Any help would be awesome.

**Build log:**

```auto
cargo build
   Compiling mediasoup-sys v0.4.3
error: failed to run custom build command for `mediasoup-sys v0.4.3`

Caused by:
  process didn't exit successfully: `/Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-343b32df800a7590/build-script-build` (exit status: 101)
  --- stdout
  cargo:rustc-link-search=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/usr/lib
  cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=c++
  cargo:rustc-link-lib=dylib=c++abi
  /Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out/out/pip/bin/meson setup \
  		--prefix /Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out \
  		--bindir '' \
  		--libdir '' \
  		--buildtype debug \
  		-Db_pie=true \
  		-Db_staticpic=true \
  		--reconfigure \
  		"" \
  		/Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out/out/Debug/build || \
  		/Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out/out/pip/bin/meson setup \
  			--prefix /Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out \
  			--bindir '' \
  			--libdir '' \
  			--buildtype debug \
  			-Db_pie=true \
  			-Db_staticpic=true \
  			"" \
  			/Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out/out/Debug/build
  The Meson build system
  Version: 0.61.5
  Source dir: /Users/baristikir/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/mediasoup-sys-0.4.3
  Build dir: /Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out/out/Debug/build
  Build type: native build
  Project name: mediasoup-worker
  Project version: undefined
  C compiler for the host machine: cc (clang 13.0.0 "Apple clang version 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)")
  C linker for the host machine: cc ld64 711
  C++ compiler for the host machine: c++ (clang 13.0.0 "Apple clang version 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)")
  C++ linker for the host machine: c++ ld64 711
  Host machine cpu family: aarch64
  Host machine cpu: arm64
  Downloading openssl source from https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.0.2.tar.gz
  <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:997)>
  A fallback URL could be specified using source_fallback_url key in the wrap file

  meson.build:162:0: ERROR: could not get https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-3.0.2.tar.gz is the internet available?

  A full log can be found at /Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out/out/Debug/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt

  --- stderr
  Directory does not contain a valid build tree:
  /Users/baristikir/tmp/mediasoup-testarea/target/debug/build/mediasoup-sys-6ac05ef6f230f44d/out/out/Debug/build
  make: *** [setup] Error 1
  thread 'main' panicked at 'Failed to build libmediasoup-worker', /Users/baristikir/.cargo/registry/src/github.com-1ecc6299db9ec823/mediasoup-sys-0.4.3/build.rs:96:9

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My Environment:

- gcc/clang version: Apple clang version 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.3)
- clang target: arm64-apple-darwin21.5.0
- mediasoup version: 0.10.0 ([https://crates.io/crates/mediasoup](https://crates.io/crates/mediasoup))
- rustc version: 1.62.1
- rustup version: 1.25.1

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**Author:** ![jason-shen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/jason-shen/32/1419_2.png) [@jason-shen](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/jason-shen)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/mediasoup-rust-build-fails/4459/2 "2022-08-20T15:36:50Z")

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make sure you have python 3 and pip install as well

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**Author:** ![BronzedBroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BronzedBroth](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/BronzedBroth)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/mediasoup-rust-build-fails/4459/3 "2022-08-21T00:07:09Z")

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I only see the following error,  
error [SSL: CERTIFICATE\_VERIFY\_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate.

Are you setting things up correctly? 🙂

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**Author:** ![baris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@baris](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/baris)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/mediasoup-rust-build-fails/4459/4 "2022-08-21T10:36:22Z")

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Thanks for the replies!

Yes figured out that it was caused by the python installer and the openssl certificate. Tried this solution here and worked for me since then.

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42098126/mac-osx-python-ssl-sslerror-ssl-certificate-verify-failed-certificate-verify>

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**Author:** ![jason-shen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mediasoup.discourse.group/jason-shen/32/1419_2.png) [@jason-shen](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/u/jason-shen)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/mediasoup-rust-build-fails/4459/5 "2022-08-24T07:05:11Z")

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not sure why you needed to do that, but ensuring the right version of python and pip is the key really… but yeah good to hear you sorted it out
