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Typed in $ curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby

From the output it looks like it ran successfully:

  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                             Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   185  100   185    0     0    132      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:--   296
100 10009  100 10009    0     0   5244      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 75255
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Downloading RVM from wayneeseguin branch stable
 % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                             Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   125  100   125    0     0    261      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  1168
100 1123k  100 1123k    0     0   760k      0  0:00:01  0:00:01 --:--:-- 1366k

Installing RVM to /Users/themaktravels/.rvm/
Adding rvm PATH line to /Users/themaktravels/.bashrc /Users/themaktravels/.zshenv.
RVM sourcing line found in /Users/themaktravels/.bash_profile          
/Users/themaktravels/.zprofile.

# RVM:  Shell scripts enabling management of multiple ruby environments.
# RTFM: https://rvm.io/
# HELP: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=rvm (#rvm on irc.freenode.net)
# Cheatsheet: http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/rvm/
# Screencast: http://screencasts.org/episodes/how-to-use-rvm

# In case of any issues read output of 'rvm requirements' and/or 'rvm notes'

Installation of RVM in /Users/themaktravels/.rvm/ is almost complete:

  * To start using RVM you need to run `source /Users/themaktravels/.rvm/scripts/rvm`
in all your open shell windows, in rare cases you need to reopen all shell windows.



Installation of RVM in /Users/themaktravels/.rvm/ is almost complete:

* To start using RVM you need to run `source /Users/themaktravels/.rvm/scripts/rvm`
in all your open shell windows, in rare cases you need to reopen all shell windows.

But can someone explain what is meant by run source /Users/themaktravels/.rvm/scripts/rvm?

Am I being instructed to run that as a command? Would I close my terminal windows and then open a new window.

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

You installed RVM successfully according to the screen output.

You have to load the RVM settings(information) to your PATH, so that you just need to type rvm and the shell knows you are mentioning /home/blabla.../.rvm/bin/rvm, and run it successfully.

I suggest you to put this line of code into your ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_login file (depends on your Linux release version ) so that it will auto loaded once you login.