# Installing IronRuby using RVM on Linux **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ironruby-using-rvm-on-linux/188306 "2010-05-10T02:15:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ironruby-using-rvm-on-linux/188306/1 "2010-05-10T02:15:41Z")
Has anyone successfully installed IronRuby using RVM on Linux? It seems that IronRubyh itself is installed, but I get an error during some post-install bit: Error running 'PATH=/home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin:/home/will/.rvm/bin:/home/will/.rvm/bin:/home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin:/home/will/.rvm/gems/ironruby-1.0/bin:/home/will/.rvm/gems/ironruby-1.0@global/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/will/opt/clojure-contrib/launchers/bash GEM\_HOME=/home/will/.rvm/gems/ironruby-1.0 GEM\_PATH=/home/will/.rvm/gems/ironruby-1.0 /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri rake ', please check /home/will/.rvm/log/ironruby-1.0/gems.install\*.log /home/will/.rvm/log/ironruby-1.0/gems.install.error.log contains this: [2010-05-09 19:59:21] PATH=/home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin:/home/will/.rvm/bin:/home/will/.rvm/bin:/home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin:/home/will/.rvm/gems/ironruby-1.0/bin:/home/will/.rvm/gems/ironruby-1.0@global/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/will/opt/clojure-contrib/launchers/bash GEM\_HOME=/home/will/.rvm/gems/ironruby-1.0 GEM\_PATH=/home/will/.rvm/gems/ironruby-1.0 /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri rake ERROR: While executing gem … (ArgumentError) Invalid path And here is the backtrace: ``` Invalid path ``` mscorlib:0:in `GetDirectoryName' /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/../lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:243:in`mkdir’ /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/…/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:243:in `fu_mkdir' mscorlib:0:in`reverse\_each’ mscorlib:0:in `CallSite.Target' /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/../lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:217:in`mkdir\_p’ mscorlib:0:in `each' mscorlib:0:in`CallSite.Target’ /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/…/lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:215:in `mkdir_p' /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/../lib/ruby/1.8/fileutils.rb:201:in`mkdir\_p’ mscorlib:0:in `each' mscorlib:0:in`CallSite.Target’ /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/…/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:538:in `extract_files' /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/../lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:521:in`extract\_files’ /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/…/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/installer.rb:217:in `install' mscorlib:0:in`each’ mscorlib:0:in `CallSite.Target' /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/../lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency_installer.rb:252:in`install’ /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/…/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/dependency\_installer.rb:222:in `install' mscorlib:0:in`each’ mscorlib:0:in `CallSite.Target' /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/../lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/install_command.rb:118:in`execute’ /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/…/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/commands/install\_command.rb:115:in `execute' /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/../lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command.rb:257:in`invoke’ /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/…/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command\_manager.rb:132:in `process_args' /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/../lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/command_manager.rb:102:in`run’ /home/will/.rvm/rubies/ironruby-1.0/bin/…/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/gem\_runner.rb:58:in `run’ ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ironruby-using-rvm-on-linux/188306/2 "2010-05-18T14:09:21Z")
Hello Will, I have the same problem, if you find a solution please don’t forget to post back… I’m still trying to resolve this issue too. I’m running Ubuntu 10.04: Notes for Linux ( DISTRIB\_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB\_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB\_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB\_DESCRIPTION=“Ubuntu 10.04 LTS” ) Regards, Rodrigo. Will G. wrote: > Has anyone successfully installed IronRuby using RVM on Linux? It seems > that > IronRubyh itself is installed, but I get an error during some > post-install > bit: ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ironruby-using-rvm-on-linux/188306/3 "2010-05-23T16:26:30Z")
I’m having the same issue as well. Fedora 11, with Mono 2.4.3 Thanks, Sidu. Rodrigo Albuquerque wrote: > Hello Will, > > I have the same problem, if you find a solution please don’t forget to > post back… I’m still trying to resolve this issue too. > I’m running Ubuntu 10.04: > Notes for Linux ( DISTRIB\_ID=Ubuntu > DISTRIB\_RELEASE=10.04 > DISTRIB\_CODENAME=lucid > DISTRIB\_DESCRIPTION=“Ubuntu 10.04 LTS” ) > > Regards, > Rodrigo. > > Will G. wrote: > > > Has anyone successfully installed IronRuby using RVM on Linux? It seems > > that > > IronRubyh itself is installed, but I get an error during some > > post-install > > bit: ---
**Author:** ![hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hotgazpacho](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hotgazpacho)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-ironruby-using-rvm-on-linux/188306/4 "2010-05-23T23:33:43Z")
Perhaps Ivan Porto C. can shed some insight. He was maintaining the mono builds of IronRuby for a while; perhaps he knows how to get IronRuby to build on Mono, and maybe we can contribute this knowledge back to the RVM team. – Will G. [http://hotgazpacho.org/](http://hotgazpacho.org/)