Rbenv: -bash: rbenv: command not found

[ryanburnett]

I'm running Mac 10.9 with Xcode 5.0.1 Command Line Tools installed. I'm trying to follow rbenv's "Installation" steps under "Basic GitHub Checkout":

git clone https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bash_profile

...I restart Terminal and receive this error:

-bash: rbenv: command not found

My .bash_profile previously contained these paths for node/npm and git:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:$PATH"

...after following the steps above my .bash_profile now looks like this:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"
eval "$(rbenv init -)"

Here are my troubleshooting answers:

which rbenv
(no response)

...and:

echo $PATH | grep --color=auto "$(rbenv root)/shims"
-bash: rbenv: command not found

Any ideas as to what I need to edit in my .bash_profile to get rbenv working?

[mislav]

Your .bash_profile looks OK. Does echo $PATH in your shell look OK, i.e. does it include rbenv's directories? Is rbenv present in ~/.rbenv/bin/rbenv, i.e. did the git clone finish successfully?

[ryanburnett]

@mislav I have no idea what happened, but there wasn't a ./rbenv folder in my home directory. I guess the git clone didn't finish successfully. I did another git clone and everything's working perfectly now.

Thanks for your help.

[ryanburnett]

Sorry to reopen this, but it doesn't seem my rbenv install is working. It seems to be pointing to my /Library Ruby.

Here are my troubleshooting answers and a gem update for good measure.

which rbenv
/Users/ryan/.rbenv/bin/rbenv

echo $PATH | grep --color=auto "$(rbenv root)/shims"
/Users/ryan/.rbenv/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/Users/ryan/.rbenv/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/git/bin

rbenv install -l
rbenv: no such command `install'

gem update --system
Updating rubygems-update
Fetching: rubygems-update-2.1.10.gem (100%)
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory.

Here's my Gist:
https://gist.github.com/ryanburnett/7235972

Any other ideas?

[graywh]

The install command is provided by ruby-build, not rbenv, and requires additional steps to install.

[ryanburnett]

@graywh Here's what happens when I try to install a gem:

gem install compass
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory.

If rbenv is installed correctly shouldn't gems install to rbenv instead of my /Library Ruby environment?

[graywh]

What version of ruby are you current using? rbenv versions

[ryanburnett]

rbenv versions

• system (set by /Users/ryan/.rbenv/version)

How can I change it from system?

[graywh]

https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv#choosing-the-ruby-version

[ryanburnett]

Got it - thanks for your help.

[aliabbas-2012]

Restart your shell
exec -l $SHELL

[ldco2016]

@alishahpakneeds that command you shared solved a similar issue for me, thank you.

[jaafaresprit]

@alishahpakneeds that command you shared solved my problem to install ruby, thank you.

[wellington1993]

@aliabbas-2012 Solved the problem here!

[gordlf11]

Resolved removing ~Rbenv validation from /.bash_profile

[fernandodev]

You can run the command by setting its path

RUN PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH" rbenv install ${RUBY_VERSION}