The amazing RVM was throwing a bit of a tantrum and rvm-prompt was simply returning
rvm
in new shells.
I tried re-installing but no dice.
So after bothering the nice people on IRC as well as on the rvm mailing list, the solution was in the rvm help. When in doubt and seeing odd behavour run
rvm reset
and lo and behold, ‘rvm-prompt’ now works again.
December 23rd, 2010
Peter
After having discovered RVM (Ruby enVironment Manager) and realizing how much easier it makes your life (application specific gemsets are pure genuis), I couldn’t get it to work on the desktop while it was fine on the laptop.
gem kept looking in /var/lib/gems/1.8 and it turns out there is quite a few places where GEM_PATH and GEM_HOME are being (or can be) set on your Linux box:
- /etc/environment
- /etc/security/pam_env.conf
- $HOME/.gemrc
- $HOME/.bashrc and $HOME/.profile
In my case it was the first 3 and after removing GEM_(PATH|HOME) assignments from those files, RVM started working.
