getting error while installing ruby on rails at debian 5.0

Question

i successfully installed rvm and ruby 1.9.2 at my debian lenny machine

   rvm -v
   rvm 1.8.2 by Wayne E. Seguin (wayneeseguin@gmail.com) [https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/]

   ruby -v
   ruby 1.9.2p290 (2011-07-09 revision 32553) [x86_64-linux]

now i wanted to install rails

    rvm install rails

i got some errors and can't solve these problems

    Building native extensions.  This could take a while...
    /home/mrie/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.9.1/rubygems/ext/builder.rb:48: warning: Insecure world writable dir /home in PATH, mode 040777

i already tried this why and where stands /home in $PATH ?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '11 at 14:49

This has nothing to do with $PATH (well, as far as I know :p). It means that your home directory (/home, in this case) has too many permissions. As far as I can see, it's set to 777, which means that just anybody can read, write and execute files in your home directory, which obviously is unsafe.

You should change your directory's rights as following:

chmod 755 /home

Do not use the -R flag (which stands for recursive). Files should only have 644, not 755.

ll have a try, thougt my home-folder hasnt write permissions for all users — Malte, Sep 09 '11 at 14:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '11 at 14:53

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BTW, you don't use rvm to install rails with.

You do something like: rvm install 1.9.2 && rvm --create use 1.9.2@foo && gem install rails

answered Sep 09 '11 at 14:53

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thanks for that. its little bit confusing at the beginning ,) – Malte Sep 09 '11 at 14:58

getting error while installing ruby on rails at debian 5.0

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