Re:Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement
by Cloven on Friday August 12, 2011 @11:43AM
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It doesn't matter what Wayne has always said. He's designed a collection of fragile shell script hacks that want to be run as root that fundamentally change the behavior of key system commands.
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Re:Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement
by regularfry on Friday August 12, 2011 @12:23PM
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Root? I don't think I've ever run RVM as root. Why does it need to? Not saying you're wrong, I just don't know what you're referring to.
Re:Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement
by PatrickTulskie on Friday August 12, 2011 @11:57AM
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You don't have to run them as root. You can run them as a regular user. I'm pretty sure Wayne recommends against RVM system-wide and the preferred method is just installing it for individual users.
Re:Rbenv, an unobtrusive rvm replacement
by SoreGums on Saturday August 13, 2011 @10:08AM
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login as regular user, download some version of ruby, compile for use as logged in user, install rvm, shazzam install any version of ruby you want - all of this only applies to the logged in user and has zero impact on the rest of the system. RVM rules :)
I no longer install ruby at a system level, not needed, only users running ruby stuff need ruby installed and never use distro ruby, creates all sorts of issues...