RVM Ruby installation not successful

Question

I'm trying to install ruby using rvm on linux debian. This is my problem:

Ruby didn't work at all in the terminal (that is, it said: ruby:command not found.

Then I followed this thread RVM ruby installation issue and it worked. However, after I closed that terminal and opened a new one, it didn't work anymore.

Do I have to change something in the autostarts? Can someone please help me!!

Answer 1

Check if your ~/.profile file contains:

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin # Add RVM to PATH for scripting

and your .bash_profile file contains:

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM into a shell session *as a function*

if it have it and still don't work add this line to your ~/.bash_profile

source ~/.profile

I'm assuming you are using bash as your shell. You may want to check it in your user preferences (depend on your distro).

Answer 2

I assume the installation worked, what did not worked is you missed to use the installed ruby:

rvm use ruby-2.1.0

in your case it would print you a warning about not using login-shell - follow the instructions, they ae there to help you