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Cannot use RVM-installed Ruby with sudo

I’m running into the same “RVM is not a function…” error when executing the command sudo rvm use 1.9.3 as everyone else, but try as I might, I cannot seem to resolve it. I’ve read and followed through with all of the common troubleshooting tips, but nothing seems to work…

My System — OS: Ubuntu 12.10 — Ruby Version: 1.9.3 — RVM Version: 1.18.3

I have done the following to try to repair the issue:

1. Checked the ‘Run command as login shell’ option in the “Title and Command” tab for Terminal preferences

2. Added the following code block to ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, ~/.zshrc, and ~/.zprofile
   [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

   if test -f ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm; then
[ "$(type -t rvm)" = "function" ] || source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
fi`

3. Running user$ source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm and then user$ type rvm | head -n 1 DOES return rvm is a function. But then running sudo rvm use 1.9.3 returns “RVM is not a function”

What else can I do to resolve this issue?

Answer 1

You can not run rvm with sudo, sudo is running a new process which defeats the function approach which can change current running shell environment.