Vvv: Can't install wordmove gem in fresh vvv (ruby folder permission denied)

[lindsaymarkward]

Thanks :)

Expected Behavior

gem install wordmove

should install wordmove ruby gem

Current Behavior

gem install wordmove

produces the error:

ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
    You don't have write permissions for the /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.4.0 directory.

Possible Solution

The default user is not a member of the rvm group. The solution described at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26242712/installing-rvm-getting-error-there-was-an-error23 works for me:

rvm group add rvm "$USER"

Could this be part of the initial VVV setup?

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

vagrant ssh
gem install wordmove

Context

wordmove is a very useful gem for pushing and pulling WordPress installations. I imagine many VVV users want to be able to use it, and based on blog posts, many people are (trying to) use VVV and wordmove together. I had no such problems with it in an earlier version of VVV (prior to ruby 2.4 perhaps).

Your Environment

• VVV version: 2.0.0 (current)
• Vagrant version: 1.9.1
• VM Provider name: VirtualBox
• VM Provider version: 5.1.16
• Operating System and version: Mac OS 10.12.3

[pento]

I just ran into the same problem trying to install the travis gem.

[tomjn]

@LoreleiAurora is this caused by the provisioner running as root?

[kstefanini]

Same problem here.
A simple sudo chmod 777 -R /usr/local/rvm do the trick. But OP fix seems more suitable.

[tomjn]

I would note that when the initial provisioner runs it runs as root, unlike the user you get on vagrant ssh, so rvm group add rvm "$USER" will need some adjustment

[Mte90]

Right now ruby is not installed anymore with VVV so gem and others are required to be installed manually so I don't think that is anymore a bug for VVV.

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