How can I remove RVM (Ruby Version Manager) from my system?
How can I remove RVM (Ruby Version Manager) from my system?
I am running Ubuntu 19.04 and followed all the instructions above and then some. Finally, what worked for me was to run
sudo apt autoremove rvm
and now when I try and reinstall RVM it's actually gone. RVM is invasive, to say the least.
Per RVM's troubleshooting documentation "How do I completely clean out all traces of RVM from my system, including for system wide installs?":
Here is a custom script which we name as 'cleanout-rvm'. While you can definitely use
rvm implodeas a regular user orrvmsudo rvm implodefor a system wide install, this script is useful as it steps completely outside of RVM and cleans out RVM without using RVM itself, leaving no traces.#!/bin/bash /usr/bin/sudo rm -rf $HOME/.rvm $HOME/.rvmrc /etc/rvmrc /etc/profile.d/rvm.sh /usr/local/rvm /usr/local/bin/rvm /usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/groupdel rvm /bin/echo "RVM is removed. Please check all .bashrc|.bash_profile|.profile|.zshrc for RVM source lines and delete or comment out if this was a Per-User installation."
Complementing @Kingsley Ijomah answer...
It may be necessary to fix the PATH so that the rvm command also disappears from the terminal.
To check your PATH:
env | grep PATH
To fix your PATH removing RVM directories:
dir_to_remove=/home/user/.rvm/bin
PATH=:$PATH:
PATH=${PATH//:$dir_to_remove:/:}
PATH=${PATH#:}; PATH=${PATH%:}
In this case, if you have more than one directory, change dir_to_remove one at a time.
I needed to remove some rvm and rbenv directories as I am now using asdf.
Be careful.