Can't install Ruby using RVM

Question

I'm running Debian Wheezy with kernel 2.6.32-028stab101.1 .

I just installed Ruby and RVM . The current installed version is

ruby 1.9.3p194 (2012-04-20 revision 35410) [x86_64-linux] ,

however, I need version 1.8.7-p371 for my current code.

I tried running rvm install ruby-1.8.7-p371 , but only get the following output:

Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time.
No binary rubies available for: debian/7.0/x86_64/ruby-1.8.7-p371.
Continuing with compilation. Please read 'rvm mount' to get more information on binary rubies.
Installing requirements for debian, might require sudo password.
Hit http://plex.r.worldssl.net lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://plex.r.worldssl.net lucid Release
Hit http://www.plexapp.com lucid Release.gpg
Hit http://plex.r.worldssl.net lucid/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://www.plexapp.com lucid Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sid Release.gpg
Hit http://www.plexapp.com lucid/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sid Release
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sid/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze Release.gpg
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates Release.gpg
Ign http://plex.originet.eu stable Release.gpg
Hit http://ftp.us.debian.org sid/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze Release
Ign http://plex.originet.eu stable Release
Ign http://plex.originet.eu stable/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://www.plexapp.com lucid/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates Release
Ign http://www.plexapp.com lucid/main Translation-en
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/main Sources
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/contrib Sources
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/non-free Sources
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/non-free amd64 Packages
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/main Sources
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/contrib Sources
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/non-free Sources
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://plex.r.worldssl.net lucid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://plex.r.worldssl.net lucid/main Translation-en
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Ign http://plex.originet.eu stable/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/non-free amd64 Packages
Ign http://plex.originet.eu stable/main Translation-en
Err http://plex.originet.eu stable/main amd64 Packages
  404  Not Found
Ign http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/contrib Translation-en
Ign http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://debian.intergenia.de squeeze/updates/non-free Translation-en
W: Failed to fetch http://plex.originet.eu/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

I tried installing readline , running rvm mount , inserted

[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && . "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"

in my .zshrc , but nothing worked.

Any ideas what I'm missing?

Answer 1

The problem lies within your apt hostlist, not within RVM.

Remove the broken host from your /etc/apt/sources.list file and you should be fine :)

Answer 2

whats rvm -v say?

run rvm get stable to get the most current stable release

from there try just simply rvm install 1.8.7

after it installs you can run rvm default 1.8.7 to set it as the default ruby