ruby and rails return to earlier versions when I close and reopen terminal

Question

I'm trying to upgrade Ruby from 1.8.7 to the latest version and Rails from 2.3.14 to the latest version. I ran:

\curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby --autolibs=enable --auto-dotfiles

and then it tells me to run:

source /home/USER/.rvm/scripts/rvm

in all of my open shell windows, which is just the one so I do that. If I type:

ruby -v

It tells me I have 2.0.0p195 which is okay (although I kinda wanted 1.9.2), but if I close that window, and type the same thing any time I open a shell window again, it tells me I only have 1.8.7. Something similar happens if I try installing Rails after installing Ruby this way.

I'm on Ubuntu 12.04

EDIT:

I'm using RVM. I installed it according to the answer from this stackoverflow question because it was originally a broken version (that's where my command from above comes from):

Installed Ruby 1.9.3 with RVM but command line doesn't show ruby -v

Why don't you use [Ruby version manager](https://rvm.io/)? – Marek Lipka Jun 07 '13 at 14:00 — Marek Lipka, Jun 07 '13 at 14:00
@MarekLipka this happens while using RVM – Mastid Jun 07 '13 at 14:06 — Mastid, Jun 07 '13 at 14:06
Right, I didn't notice. The answer is in the way. ;) – Marek Lipka Jun 07 '13 at 14:14 — Marek Lipka, Jun 07 '13 at 14:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '13 at 14:16

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Try this:

rvm use --default 2.0.0

It occurs probably because your default ruby version is 1.8.7. You can quickly check it with

rvm list

To install 1.9.2, simply type:

rvm install 1.9.2

answered Jun 07 '13 at 14:16

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