Problem installing RVM

Question

I have executed the commands as prescribed in the instructions at the rvm website but things don\'t seem to work..

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Answer 1

I have executed the commands as prescribed in the instructions at the rvm website.

WHICH commands? There are several pages containing instructions to install RVM depending on whether you want a single-user "sandbox" or are installing system-wide for a multi-user system as the administrator.

Because you have RVM in /usr/local, I think you tried to do a system-wide install but didn't get it right. For 99% of us, that is the wrong installation method, and instead you should use the single-user installation, which is simple and puts everything in ~/.rvm.

Either way, be sure to read the entire instructions. And, if doing a single-user install, finish the install with the "Post Install" modifications to ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile for a single-user, then start a new terminal session.

When using the single-user install NEVER use sudo to install gems to a RVM-managed Ruby, even though the instructions for a gem might say to.