rbenv: no such command "install" even though ruby-build is installed

Question

I'm trying to get ruby 2.1.4 installed via rbenv for a client project.

Though previously I've been able to install ruby versions through rbenv, after upgrading to Yosemite, I keep getting the following error:

rbenv: no such command 'install' 

After digging around, I saw lots of tips about how "install" comes from the ruby-build plugin, which is installed via homebrew:

which ruby-build /usr/local/bin/ruby-build 

I installed rbenv via Homebrew, but when I try use which rbenv, I get:

rbenv () { typeset command command="$1"  if [ "$#" -gt 0 ] then     shift fi case "$command" in     (rehash|shell) eval `rbenv "sh-$command" "$@"` ;;     (*) command rbenv "$command" "$@" ;; esac } 

I have run brew update and brew upgrade rbenv ruby-builder, and it tells me everything is up to date.

Below is my full $PATH:

zsh: no such file or directory: /usr/local/var/rbenv/shims:/usr/local/var/rbenv/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/Users/dannycox/.rbenv/shims:/Users/dannycox/.rbenv/shims:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:/Users/dannycox/.rbenv/shims:/Users/dannycox/.rbenv/bin

UPDATE: Found another answer with a little deeper digging on github that showed signs of promise, but failed to solve the issue with rbenv. https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv/issues/610#issuecomment-56240018

I believe 2.1.4 is now installed on my machine, but it installed here: Successfully installed ruby 2.1.4 into /Users/dannycox/.rubies/ruby-2.1.4

As a result, my bundler won't work with the new ruby 2.0 version and I get the following error when I try to gem install bundle:

Fetching: bundler-1.7.6.gem (100%) ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory 

Still need help to identify why ruby-build isn't playing nice with rbenv...

Answer 1

Make sure to install optional step 5 in the instructions:

git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build 

Install ruby-build, which provides the rbenv install command that simplifies the process of installing new Ruby versions.

Answer 2

I had similar problem, and trace the problem to ruby-build. So i updated the homebrew and reinstall the ruby-build

> brew update > brew reinstall ruby-build 

Find the ruby version

> brew ls -v ruby-build | grep 2.1.4 

then install intended version ruby again

> rbenv install 2.1.4