capistrano errors out with rvm-shell command not found about capistrano HOT 25 CLOSED

I just completely reinstalled rvm as a user again, without any errors, and the rvm-shell command is still not in ~/.rvm/bin/rvm-shell. Can capistrano only work if I install rvm as root?

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I found out rvm installed the rvm-shell command (and some others) in ~/bin instead of ~/.rvm/bin. So I'm closing this for now, as I assume it's actually a problem with rvm or my installation steps.

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The other errors however, are a mystery to me. when I ssh into my server I
can easily use the rvm command and it says it's installed as a function.
Furthermore, both git -v and gem -v are working correctly. So why
can't capistrano use these commands?

Capistrano prefers non-login shells, that means your dotfiles won't be
processed. RVM > 1.5 should take care of this (but requires an implope &
reinstall on the server).

You can also request that cap use bash -l as your shell (runs login files)

• and/or ask for a :pty via the ssh_options hash (not recommended) - which
  under some circumstances will process log files.

It's also dependent on your kernel configuration, but your /etc/environment
file may be a smart place to put things like RVM setup, these are processed
at login time by any SSH connection, via a PAM module. /etc/profile, for
example is most often not processed by login shells.

I hope this gives you some food for thought and/or googling, it doesn't take
much with RVM to make problems, a recent install, and staying away from
"system wide" is often smart though.

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Why is this closed? I have freshly installed 1.6.20 today and this is a new issue for me. As JeanMertz indicated, rvm-shell is being installed in ~$HOME/bin and not ~$HOME/.rvm/bin. Clearly out of sync with capistrano.rb.

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@doug316 because incorrectly installing/configuring RVM, and their Capistrano extension, which they maintain not working isn't a Capistrano bug. I refer you to their Github repository where the capistrano.rb file lives

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Has anyone found a solution to this? Still erroring out with:

/home/vmontalb/.rvm/bin/rvm-shell: No such file or directory

failed: "rvm_path=$HOME/.rvm/ $HOME/.rvm/bin/rvm-shell '1.9.2-p180'

I can clearly see that the files are in ~/bin instead of ~/.rvm/bin

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I was able to get around the issue for now by symlinking the files into that directory:

ln ~/bin/rvm-shell ~/.rvm/bin/rvm-shell && ln ~/bin/rvm ~/.rvm/bin/rvm && ln ~/bin/rvm-auto-ruby ~/.rvm/bin/rvm-auto-ruby && ln ~/bin/rvm-exec ~/.rvm/bin/rvm-exec && ln ~/bin/rvm-installer ~/.rvm/bin/rvm-installer && ln ~/bin/rvm-prompt ~/.rvm/bin/rvm-prompt && ln ~/bin/rvmsudo ~/.rvm/bin/rvmsudo

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Did anyone file this upstream with RVM? I don't have the problem with rvm
head.

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I have this problem, I installed rvm today with

$ bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)

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I'll say it again, but the Capistrano integration with RMV comes from the
RVM team, if there's a problem, someone needs to take responsibility for
taking this upstream. I can't replicate the problem, so I can't.

• Lee

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as long this is not fixed by upstream rvm you can set the bin path in you deploy.rb

set :rvm_bin_path, "$HOME/bin"

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As long this is not fixed by upstream rvm you can set the bin path in you deploy.rb

Thanks for the tip @niklas, another RVM option, I guess they should change the default!

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@niklas nice tip worked out for me too!

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Thank @niklas! Worked for me.

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This worked for me:

require 'bundler/capistrano'

$:.unshift(File.expand_path('./lib', ENV['rvm_path']))
require 'rvm/capistrano'
set :rvm_ruby_string, '1.9.2'

set :rvm_bin_path, "/usr/local/bin"

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Yep, this totally worked. Thanks!

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Thank you @niklas... worked like a charm!

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@jalvarezsamayoa, thanks!

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Thank you guys for the hints above.
My rvm-shell is in /usr/local/rvm/bin, so the following worked for me:

require 'bundler/capistrano'

$:.unshift(File.expand_path('./lib', ENV['rvm_path']))  # Add RVM's lib directory to the load path.
require "rvm/capistrano"                                # Load RVM's capistrano plugin.
set :rvm_ruby_string, 'ruby-1.9.2@myapp'             # Or whatever env you want it to run in.
set :rvm_bin_path, "/usr/local/rvm/bin"

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rvm installs in /usr/local/rvm/bin for me... got same error as original issue

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OK, please no more "me too" - this is RVMs problem, when their Capistrano integration doesn't work with their defaults, it's not our issue. Also, I'm far from convinced that a user-space environment management tool belongs in a hosted server environment.

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Wow, leehambley called it back in June, and no one reported it to them? Come on people!

Reported to RVM:

rvm/rvm#436

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@dgm thanks for taking the time to report that upstream. (I wasn't doing it on principle)

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Ubuntu: 11+

set :rvm_bin_path, "/usr/share/ruby-rvm/bin"

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Having same issue and trying to understand where this :rvm_bin_path is documented (why always variables are so badly documented in every project ? even Capistrano variables are note completly documented. Don't misunderstand me; I'm very happy with Capistrano :) ),
I found in the code (https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm-capistrano/blob/master/lib/rvm/capistrano.rb) the following procedure :

  # Define rvm_path
  # This is used in the default_shell command to pass the required variable to rvm-shell, allowing
  # rvm to boostrap using the proper path. This is being lost in Capistrano due to the lack of a
  # full environment.
  _cset(:rvm_path) do
    case rvm_type
    when :root, :system
      "/usr/local/rvm"
    when :local, :user, :default
      "$HOME/.rvm/"
    else
      rvm_type.to_s.empty? ? "$HOME/.rvm" : rvm_type.to_s
    end
  end

  # Let users override the rvm_bin_path
  _cset(:rvm_bin_path) do
    case rvm_type
    when :root, :system
      "/usr/local/rvm/bin"
    when :local, :user, :default
      "$HOME/.rvm/bin"
    else
      rvm_type.to_s.empty? ? "#{rvm_path}/bin" : rvm_type.to_s
    end
 end

So it looks like rvm developers are aware of the case, and the :rvm_type variable exist to solve this case.
If fact it depend if you installed rvm as user or with "sudo", or as a root.
Following instruction on https://rvm.io/integration/capistrano/ :

 Please note that this defaults to using a user installation of rvm. If you wish to instead set it to use an system wide (root) install, add the following to your Capfile deploy.rb :

set :rvm_type, :system  # Copy the exact line. I really mean :system here*

So those having rvm bin stored in /usr/local/rvm/bin, should set :rvm_type with :system

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