rvm-installed ruby: runs in terminal fine, not anywhere else

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I have installed Ruby via RVM on Linux Mint 11. It seems to have installed fine: when I enter type rvm | head -1, I get "rvm is a function" back. Entering ruby -v gives me 1.9.2p290. I can run ruby scripts from the bash terminal window fine. However, when I try to run the same scripts from say gvim (I've got a shortcut mapped to "ruby ") or geany or gedit (ditto), I get "ruby: command not found" (in gvim) or "ruby: not found" (in geany or gedit).

Here's more information: "which ruby" gives me: $HOME/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby. $HOME/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin is in my path in my .bashrc. On another Linux Mint 11 machine, where all works fine, "which ruby" gives me $HOME/.rvm/bin/ruby. Also, on the machine where all is fine, I have a $HOME/bin folder that I don't know where it came from, but was created the same day as my .rvm folder. It contains among other things, links to shell scripts in the $HOME/.rvm/wrappers folder.

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First, run rvm get head on both machines, and follow the instructions it outputs, to make sure your RVM is current. Then run rvm info on both machines and compare the output. - the Tin Man
Did both--"rvm info" on both machines shows the same, with the notable exception of the addition of "$HOME/bin" to the PATH statement (and the accompanying $HOME/bin directory) on the machine that works. My question is where did this directory come from? I certainly don't remember creating it. It's got shell scripts and links to shell scripts like erb, gem, rake, ruby, etc. - Buffalo Billion
More interesting info: in both machines' $HOME/.profile, the following line exists: # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists if[-d "$HOME/bin"] ; then PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" fi Of course, it does exist on the machine that works; not on the one that doesn't. - Buffalo Billion
So I think I've solved it; or at least come up with a workaround--don't know if it's a best practice. Based on the info in my last comment above, I added a similar if statement to my .profile file for $HOME/.rvm/bin. It now works! Apparently it seems that mint loads the .profile file conditionally; I'll have to do more research on that, but at least I'm to a working point now. Thanks for all the pointers. - Buffalo Billion

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I think you dont have your current ruby set as system default. try running this command:

rvm use 1.9.2 --default
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I had same problem, you should try making shell login. To make so use the command "bash -l" instead of simply "bash". In geany you can find where to change it in edit->preferences->terminal->shell