Eventhough I have Ruby 1.9.3 installed via RVM, every time I open a new

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Asked: June 17, 20262026-06-17T20:41:34+00:00 2026-06-17T20:41:34+00:00

Eventhough I have Ruby 1.9.3 installed via RVM, every time I open a new Terminal and run “ruby -v” I get:

ruby 1.8.7 (2012-02-08 patchlevel 358) [universal-darwin11.0]

“rvm list” shows:

rvm rubies

   ruby-1.9.3-p362 [ x86_64 ]
=* ruby-1.9.3-p374 [ x86_64 ]

# => - current
# =* - current && default
#  * - default

I’ve tried entering “rvm use 1.9.3 –default” but it only works for the current terminal session. Opening new terminals always reverts back to 1.8.7.

I’ve also made sure that my ~/.bash_profile contains at the end:

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

What can I do so that I don’t have to type “rvm use 1.9.3” every time I open a terminal?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-17T20:41:35+00:00

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Make sure that your .rvm directory is in your PATH

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