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Asked: 2026-06-18T05:22:59+00:00

I have followed this thread and followed Linuxios’ answer, everything was working fine but

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I have followed this thread and followed Linuxios’ answer, everything was working fine but then I get 

-bash: export: `[[': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `-s': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `/Users/duaneadam/.rvm/scripts/rvm': not a valid identifier
-bash: export: `]]': not a valid identifier

So, I went and removed from .bash__profile via Terminal.

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/git/bin/ [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" # Load RVM function

.. thinking that lines of code is the problem but what I get after that is even worse. For some reasons.. Ruby is not installed.. again.
So, I re-added the lines of code and tried rebooting/restarting my Mac but problem still persist.
Screenshots:

.bash_profile:
.bash_profile
Solution please? I even tried re-installing using his method.
Gosh, this is hard maybe Ruby on Rails isn’t just for me.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Setting up ruby with rvm can get pretty complicated at times.
    A few golden rules is never to sudo when using a package manager like rvm.

    Try the following:

    • rvm implode (This essentially removes the rvm installation
      completely.)
    • Remove all references of rvm from ~/.bash_profile and ~/.bashrc
    • which ruby (The output should be something like /usr/bin, also ruby --version should be 1.8.7, the default bundled with OS X.)
    • Install rvm again in a single user mode.
    • Install the ruby version of your choice.
    • Make sure to create the .rvmrc file where ever the ruby program resides. (Typical contents of .rvmrc -> rvm use ruby-version@gemset-name --create; eg: rvm use 1.9.3@my-awesome-project --create)
    • cd into the directory with .rvmrc
    • Make sure the right gemset is loaded with rvm gemset list

    Also ensure that rvm is loaded as a function. (You can verify this by typing type rvm | head -1 in the console.)

    Some more points, which were helpful to me from http://jfire.io/blog/2012/03/02/xcode-4-dot-3-homebrew-and-ruby/:

    • Install apple-gcc42, autoconf and automake (Using a package manager like homebrew can be useful.)
    • Also rvm requirements tells you what are the other tools you need to install.

    Cheers!

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