From: Chuck Remes <cremes.devlist@...>
Date: 2010-06-11T01:23:18+09:00
Subject: Re: RVM Snow Leopard


On Jun 10, 2010, at 11:08 AM, Ken Foust wrote:

> I just put in a new disk and I would like to install rvm in
> /usr/local/rvm. On my old disk I was able to do this by installing ruby
> 1.9.2dev and then installing the rvm gem.  The install script in rvm
> want to put it in my home directory.  I did install it there and then
> did a mv .rvm /usr/local/rvm and got it over there.
> 
> I have tried setting a path in my .profile to no avail.  I changed the
> addon by wayne to the following which did not help yet
> # Load RVM source
> if [[ -s "/usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm" ]]  ; then source
> "/usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm" ; fi
> # Enable Tab Completion in RVM
> [[ -r /usr/local/rvm//scripts/completion ]] && source
> /usr/local/rvm/scripts/completion
> 
> when I open a new shell is says      $rvm_path is not set. rvm cannot
> load.
> 
> I am trying to avoid installing ruby to /usr/local and trying to keep
> all the rubies at /usr/local/rvm/rubies
> 
> By chance does anyone out there have a clue as how I can accomplish
> this.
> I suppose I could install ruby and then the gem and then remove the
> install of ruby but this seems a bit trying for what should be a
> relative simple installation.

I don't have a full answer for your problem, but I do have a suggestion.

There is no need to install 1.9.2-dev (or any ruby) to get rvm installed. OSX ships with a ruby interpreter already installed in /usr/bin which can be used for installs. 

Also, the recommended way to install rvm is via git. See http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/rvm/install/.

If you want to avoid installing it, there is also a tarball available for installation. Neither git nor the tarball method require any ruby interpreter at all.

cr