How to get /usr/bin/env ruby to point to the correct ruby environment?

Question

So I was making a cgi ruby script and had the following at the top of the script file:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
 require 'rubygems'
 require 'action_pack'
 require 'cgi'

After a couple of hours of not getting "/usr/bin/env: ruby: No such file or directory" error and google searching, I uninstalled my system ruby 1.8.7 (I also had 1.9.3 installed via rvm) by doing sudo apt-get purge ruby rubygems. I still get the error. When I type "which ruby", I get /home/homeuser/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin/ruby. Does anyone have any insight as to how to fix this problem?

Here is what echo $PATH yields:

/home/homeuser/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@rsoc326/bin:/home/homeuser/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/bin:/home/homeuser/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/bin:/home/homeuser/.rvm/bin:/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/homeuser/.rvm/bin

I have this same setup on my desktop and I don't have the same issue.

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '12 at 13:27

/usr/bin/env ruby should be pointing to the RVM ruby.

But lets check your setup

Check the contents of your ~/.profile, it should contain something like these 2 lines:

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin" # Add RVM to PATH for scripting
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"  # This loads RVM

Second, check your installed ruby version:
```
rvm list
```
this should output something like the following:
```
rvm rubies

=* ruby-1.9.3-p286 [ x86_64 ]

# => - current
# =* - current && default
#  * - default
```
if not, try running rvm use 1.9.3 --default
When trying to run your script as root, be sure to use rvmsudo ./yourscript.rb instead of sudo ./yourscript.rb, this makes sure it sets the correct $PATH.

Let me know the outcome of the above three steps.

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 29 '12 at 09:36

I added #!/home/homeuser/.rvm/bin/ruby instead of #!/usr/bin/env ruby. So I guess this means that /usr/bin/env points to the system ruby, and not any of the rvm rubies.

Problem solved, although it would be nice to be able to use #!/usr/bin/env ruby so I can move my ruby script from Desktop to Laptop without having to change #!/home/homeuser/.rvm/bin/ruby (slightly different path on my desktop due to different user name). Maybe a symbolic link?

How to get /usr/bin/env ruby to point to the correct ruby environment?

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