rvm installs properly through: sudo apt-get install ruby-rvm
When I try to install ruby 1.9.3 I get these errors?
anthony@SnakeDoc:~$ rvm install 1.9.3
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/share/ruby-rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p0': Permission denied
Installing Ruby from source to: /usr/share/ruby-rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p0, this may take a while depending on your cpu(s)...
ruby-1.9.3-p0 - #fetching
ruby-1.9.3-p0 - #extracting ruby-1.9.3-p0 to /usr/share/ruby-rvm/src/ruby-1.9.3-p0
/usr/share/ruby-rvm/scripts/functions/utility: line 142: /usr/share/ruby-rvm/log/ruby- 1.9.3-p0/extract.log: Permission denied
/usr/share/ruby-rvm/scripts/functions/utility: line 148: /usr/share/ruby-rvm/log/ruby- 1.9.3-p0/extract.log: Permission denied
ERROR: Error running 'bunzip2 < '/usr/share/ruby-rvm/archives/ruby-1.9.3-p0.tar.bz2' | tar xf - -C /usr/share/ruby-rvm/tmp/rvm_src_23435', please read /usr/share/ruby- rvm/log/ruby-1.9.3-p0/extract.log
ERROR: There has been an error while trying to extract the source.
Halting the installation.
ERROR: There has been an error fetching the ruby interpreter. Halting the installation.
I tried to chmod the directories where I get access denied but it does not fix the problem. Any suggestions?
To switch between Ruby versions, run rvm use <version_number> (for example, rvm use 2.7.
Please use this answer: Installed Ruby 1.9.3 with RVM but command line doesn't show ruby -v
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