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More new RVM, also with some backtrack hand-holding

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@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ Many standard distributions of Ruby are lacking in one regard or another. Lucky
$ \curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=1.9.3
````
Note the *lack* of sudo; you will nearly always want to install this as a regular user, and not as root.
Note the *lack* of sudo; you will nearly always want to install this as a regular user, and not as root.
Sometimes, depending on your particular platform, this incantation may not be reliable. This is nearly identical, but more typing:
````bash
$ \curl -o rvm.sh -L get.rvm.io && cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable
$ \curl -o rvm.sh -L get.rvm.io && cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=1.9.3
````
Also, if you're sketchy about piping a web site directly to bash, you can perform each step individually, without the &&:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Also, if you're sketchy about piping a web site directly to bash, you can perfor
````bash
$ \curl -o rvm.sh -L get.rvm.io
$ less rvm.sh
$ cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable
$ cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=1.9.3
````
Next, load the RVM scripts by either opening a new terminal window, or just run:
@@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ Next, load the RVM scripts by either opening a new terminal window, or just run:
````bash
$ source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
````
If you must be root (eg, on BackTrack or Kali, by default), then you will need to also explicitly add this line to the end of your ~/.bashrc, instead:
RVM by default installs a sensible 1.9.3 patchlevel for Ruby these days. No more installing Ruby 1.8 to bootstrap to 1.9. However, you will need to tick the `Run command as login shell` on the default profile of gnome-terminal (assuming stock Ubuntu), or else you will get the error message that [RVM is not a function](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9336596/rvm-installation-not-working-rvm-is-not-a-function).
````
source /usr/local/rvm/scripts/rvm
````
Finally, you will usually need to tick the `Run command as login shell` on the default profile of gnome-terminal (assuming stock Ubuntu), or else you will get the error message that [RVM is not a function](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9336596/rvm-installation-not-working-rvm-is-not-a-function).
Assuming all goes as planned, you should end up with something like this in your shell: