RailsApps/rails-composer · error

Failed to create RVM environment '${environment_id}'.

Error message

Failed to create RVM environment '${environment_id}'.

What it means

Error "Failed to create RVM environment '${environment_id}'." thrown in RailsApps/rails-composer.

Source

Thrown at files/.rvmrc:35

# First we attempt to load the desired environment directly from the environment
# file. This is very fast and efficient compared to running through the entire
# CLI and selector. If you want feedback on which environment was used then
# insert the word 'use' after --create as this triggers verbose mode.
if [[ -d "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/environments"
  && -s "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/environments/$environment_id" ]]
then
  \. "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/environments/$environment_id"
  [[ -s "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/hooks/after_use" ]] &&
    \. "${rvm_path:-$HOME/.rvm}/hooks/after_use" || true
  if [[ $- == *i* ]] # check for interactive shells
  then echo "Using: $(tput setaf 2)$GEM_HOME$(tput sgr0)" # show the user the ruby and gemset they are using in green
  else echo "Using: $GEM_HOME" # don't use colors in non-interactive shells
  fi
else
  # If the environment file has not yet been created, use the RVM CLI to select.
  rvm --create use  "$environment_id" || {
    echo "Failed to create RVM environment '${environment_id}'."
    return 1
  }
fi

View on GitHub (pinned to 5a9985f6dd)

Solutions

1. Install the required ruby: rvm install ruby-2.0.0
2. Create the gemset manually: rvm use ruby-2.0.0@App_Name --create
3. Load RVM into the current shell: source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
4. Trust the project file: rvm rvmrc trust

Example fix

rvm install ruby-2.0.0
rvm use ruby-2.0.0@App_Name --create
cd .  # re-source .rvmrc

When it happens

Trigger: Printed when the .rvmrc is sourced on cd, the cached RVM environment file for ruby-2.0.0@App_Name is missing, and the fallback command rvm --create use fails.

Common situations: The requested ruby (ruby-2.0.0) is not installed; the gemset name is misspelled; RVM is not installed or not loaded in the current shell; the .rvmrc file has not been trusted.

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