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Hello I am working on a new ubuntu machine and when I run tasks like:

bundle install

or

rvm get head

I get errors like:

Downloading https://get.rvm.io
bash: line 709: /usr/local/rvm/RELEASE: Permission denied
Could not update RVM, get some help at #rvm IRC channel at freenode servers.

and

Gem::FilePermissionError: You don't have write permissions for the /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2/bin directory.
An error occurred while installing rake (10.3.2), and Bundler cannot continue.
Make sure that `gem install rake -v '10.3.2'` succeeds before bundling.

I defiantly have rake installed and it shows up when I sudo gem update in the list but my bundler is not picking it up. Do I need to enable permissions before I can run these commands? Thanks anyone who knows what exactly what my issue is.

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It is trying to install system-wide. Try running export GEM_HOME=$(ruby -e 'puts Gem.user_dir') and then run the commands. If that works, you can add this line to your .bashrc (assuming you are running bash) to make it permanent.

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  • I ran it and it defiantly helped thanks! now I am having an rvm issue because the project was built in 2.0.0-p451 but my new machine is way past that. I need to install that V. but am getting an error. Going to start a new thread though to keep this place awsome<3 Thanks again!
    – ZachyBear
    Jul 26, 2014 at 4:19

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