Need help setting up passenger with RVM

Question

I'm trying to setup passenger with rvm. I keep getting this error

Your RVM wrapper scripts are too old. Please update them first by running 'rvm update --head && rvm reload && rvm repair all'.

I did that still same problem

• GNU C++ compiler... found at /usr/bin/g++
• Curl development headers with SSL support... found
• OpenSSL development headers... found
• Zlib development headers... found
• Ruby development headers... found
• OpenSSL support for Ruby... found
• RubyGems... found

Your RVM wrapper scripts are too old.

Please update them first by running 'rvm update --head && rvm reload && rvm repair all'.

I'm using Fedora 14, Ruby 1.9.2, Rails 3.0.7 RVM is installed for multiuser

I also get this error when I do 'passenger start'

Cannot execute '/home/antarr/.passenger/standalone/3.0.7-x86_64-ruby1.9.2-linux-gcc4.5.1-1002/support/helper-scripts/prespawn http://0.0.0.0:3000': Permission denied (13)

Answer 1

I was having the same issue but found that using the rvmsudo command worked. Instead of

sudo passenger-install-apache2-module

try using:

rvmsudo passenger-install-apache2-module

Answer 2

It looks like Passenger 3.0.7 is confused by newer versions of rvm, but it seems like the instructions are incorrect and it's causing trouble. If the GEM_HOME environment variable is not set you get this error.

The correct instructions should be to use your particular version first:

rvm use 1.9.2

Although I got the same error as you, after that it worked for me.

Answer 3

If none of the above solutions work for you and you're getting the GEM_HOME warning

delete everything in .rvmrc

rvm get head && rvm reload && rvm repair all

gem install passenger

passenger-install-apache2-module

copy/paste the end message into your apache.conf

Answer 4

I am still having the same issue with passenger 3.0.19 if I tried to install on gemsets other than default and global. This is soooo troublesome. I have tried many suggestions and even rvm implode, then have everything brand new. but still hitting the brick wall. my forehead almost flatten. Hope not to lose my head!

Luckily, I found myself a fix. I found out that in i am in rvm multiuser envrioment and the issue arised if I switch to user gemset using command: "rvm user gemsets" which basically will create and use .rvm folder in user's home folder. e.g.: /home/.rvm instead of /ur/local/rvm folder. Since I do not know how to switch back and could not find any documention on how to, I did the following steps:

1. remove .rvm folder in the user home folder,
   rm -rf ~username/.rvm

2. added back the user to rvm group (in multi enviroment, every new user need to be added to rvm group)
   sudo usermod -a -G rvm username

3. re-login.

Now, as long as I am using shared rvm gemset folder, phusion passenger wont complaint.

Hope that helps someone.

Answer 5

I fixed the Permission Denied issue with:

chmod a+x /Users/tvd/.passenger/standalone/3.0.7-x86_64-ruby1.9.2-macosx-10.6/support/helper-scripts/*

Found it in comment section on the phusion.nl blog:

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