rvm: command not found MAC OX

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Really, I don't know what happened. Excuse me if this question is so NOOB, but I can't find the solution for this problem.

-bash: rvm: command not found

I tried this

curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s -- --version latest

but still nothing I need to see the ruby version for use the simplecov because it not works with older version from 1.9

score 260 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 02 '12 at 10:58

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It might because the terminal not having rvm shell configuration loaded.

Try following from your terminal:

$ source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm

then

$ type rvm | head -n 1

If the output is:

rvm is a function

You may need to add "source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm" to your ~/.bash_profile file

answered Aug 02 '12 at 10:58

peterpengnz

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Thanks! It worked for me too. What is the reason for this? Did I miss a step when installing rvm? – Bruno Feb 08 '13 at 09:43
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@Bruno I came to this page too, then realised it actually says in the install message: To start using RVM you need to run `source /Users/username/.rvm/scripts/rvm` – jamie-wilson Sep 12 '13 at 21:34
doesn't work. First command returns "no such file or directory" other ones - rvm not found – Vyachaslav Gerchicov Mar 17 '16 at 08:05
@peterpengnz it worked on my mac even without the second command i.e i didn't need to write it down in the bash_profile – Sumit Kumar Saha Jul 18 '16 at 10:34
@VyachaslavGerchicov I had the same problem, I guess you are running with sudo, if you don't it will work – layser Jul 23 '16 at 10:09
Shoudn't we specify here that the last step should be adding `~/.bash_profile file` to the Path in `~/.bash_profile` (make the instructions a bit more explicit) ? – Timotheus.Kampik Jan 15 '17 at 10:54
This is not a complete answer, see mine: https://stackoverflow.com/a/48914964/1223975 – Alexander Mills Feb 21 '18 at 20:33
Hi, I try you solution by typing ```source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm``` in terminal, but I get ```/Users/mine/.rvm/scripts/rvm:12: command not found: uname /Users/mine/.rvm/scripts/rvm:29: command not found: ps ``` is there a way to solve it? – wahyu Feb 01 '21 at 02:10
How to add "source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm" to your ~/.bash_profile file? – Pablo Jan 31 '23 at 10:03

score 55 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 27 '12 at 21:33

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you need to read all the texts that are displayed when you install RVM:

rm -rf ~/.rvm
curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

answered Jul 27 '12 at 21:33

mpapis

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Thanks a lot @mpapis i was trying to install rvm for past couple of hours but cound not figure out why rvm command not found was coming. The first line did the trick. Thanks again – Sumit Kumar Saha Jul 18 '16 at 10:29
No go. LOTS of error messages. This reminds me of the bad old days of Linux. – Tony Nov 06 '18 at 16:38
And how do you do this? "You may need to add "source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm" to your ~/.bash_profile file". – MadMac Apr 21 '22 at 02:40

score 52 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 04 '21 at 02:33

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after you run sudo curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby

you need to close the terminal ,then open again!

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answered Nov 06 '14 at 07:14

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The `close` was important. Thanks.. I restarted and it worked – Mr. Alien Feb 11 '15 at 08:26
I didn't close, I just ran `source /Users/[my_account_name]/.rvm/scripts/rvm – Marjorie Roswell Mar 10 '16 at 22:01
Silly me... closed & reopened terminal. thanks, it works! – codeherk Dec 14 '19 at 11:09

score 9 · Answer 4 · edited May 05 '14 at 21:11

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This worked for me:

rm -rf ~/.rvm
curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

edited May 05 '14 at 21:11

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answered Jul 17 '13 at 19:18

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Wilson Silva · Answer 5 · 2018-01-02T17:20:40.393

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source /etc/profile worked for me.

edited Jan 02 '18 at 17:20

answered Nov 01 '17 at 12:31

Wilson Silva

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score 5 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 21 '18 at 20:33

For a long-term solution, you should add this to your ~/.profile file:

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

to simply load rvm into a single terminal, use

source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

supposedly this call is more cross-platform:

. "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 13 '20 at 21:29

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As suggested by @mpapis, Do this first

$ rm -rf ~/.rvm

$ curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

Then, as suggested by @peterpengnz, do this and you should be fine with RVM cmd issues

$ source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm

answered Jun 13 '20 at 21:29

k9x

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Can you provide any limitations, assumptions or simplifications in your answer. See more details on how to answer at this link: https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-answer – Usama Abdulrehman Jun 14 '20 at 04:01

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 24 '17 at 15:33

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Close and restart terminal after installing RVM — gets me EVERY TIME.

answered Jul 24 '17 at 15:33

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered May 03 '16 at 00:44

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To start using RVM, you'll need to enter source /Users/yourusername/.rvm/scripts/rvm into your terminal (of course, insert your real username in place of yourusername).

answered May 03 '16 at 00:44

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you can use `~` as a replacement for `/Users/yourusername` as in: `source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm` – Ally Rippley Jan 12 '17 at 21:20

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jan 25 '23 at 04:27

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Close and reopen your terminal. Sometimes, the changes made during the installation of rvm are not immediately picked up by your terminal, so reopening it should resolve the problem.

answered Jan 25 '23 at 04:27

Jobayer Hossain

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