Install RVM system wide on Ubuntu Server

1: Install git if you don't already have it

$ sudo apt-get install git-core

2: Download RVM

$ sudo bash < <( curl -L http://bit.ly/rvm-install-system-wide )

This creates /usr/local/rvm and the group 'rvm'

3: Add each user to group rvm

$ sudo usermod -aG rvm ubuntu

4: Add startup lines to each user's .profile

[[ -s '/usr/local/lib/rvm' ]] && source '/usr/local/lib/rvm'

5: Add this line to /etc/rvmrc (may not be necessary)

$ echo "export rvm_path=/usr/local/rvm" > /etc/rvmrc

6: Use rvm as a user - best to logout/login first to make sure you get all the paths etc setup

$ rvm list
$ rvm package install zlib ( I needed this to get install to work )
$ rvm install 1.9.2 --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/rvm/usr

To set default ruby version

$rvm --default use 1.9.2

RVM with Ubuntu 10.4

1. install ruby lib:


sudo apt-get install curl git-core bison build-essential zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libreadline6-dev libxml2-dev autoconf libxslt1-dev libpq-dev postgresql


2. install rvm

bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )

3. extra check
mkdir -p ~/.rvm/src/ && cdm ~/.rvm/src && rm -rf ./rvm/ && git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm.git && cd rvm && ./install

4. add this line very end of your profile(.bash_profile)

# this is for rvm
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

5. to install ruby 1.9.1

rvm install 1.9.1 ; rvm 1.9.1