Error on terminal start

Question

-bash: /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh: No such file or directory
-bash: /Users/janekambani/.bash_profile: line 1: conditional binary operator expected
-bash: /Users/janekambani/.bash_profile: line 1: syntax error near `"$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"'
-bash: /Users/janekambani/.bash_profile: line 1: `[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" '

I tried this:

sudo rm -rf /etc/rvmrc /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh /usr/local/rvm /usr/local/bin/rvm $HOME/.rvm $HOME/.rvmrc

but i still kept getting the same error. im using OS X 10.8

Answer 1

Take a look at the source of /etc/profile.

On 10.8 of Mac OS, installing RVM while using sudo, adds a line to /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh. Even if you remove RVM using rvm implode, that one liner stays in there and will cause that error to show on start up of any terminal.

Answer 2

Use your favorite text editor (nano,vim, etc) to open /etc/profile and comment out these two lines:

source /etc/profile.d/sm.sh
source /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh

Then save the file.

Answer 3

To fix any issues with sourcing RVM use:

rvm get stable --auto-dotfiles #OR:
rvm get head --auto-dotfiles

It will remove existing sourcing lines and add new ones that are meant to work.

Answer 4

This is happening due to a botched installation of RVM (at least the part that tried to install the shell loader was botched). Did you recently try to install RVM?

Something kept trying to insert the RVM load code and it has made a mess.

Here is my suggestion:

1. Make a backup copy of your .bash_profile.

2. Open it in a text editor and remove everything but:

   export PATH=/Applications/SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-Developer-Preview:$PATH 
   export PATH=/Applications/SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-Developer-Preview/command:$PATH
   export PATH=/Applications/SenchaSDKTools-2.0.0-Developer-Preview/jsbuilder:$PATH
   

Add this line below that:

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

Save it and open another terminal and see if the error goes away.