# rvm install succeeds, but Ansible fails

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/rvm-install-succeeds-but-ansible-fails/14608>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** ubuntu\
**Created:** [February 20, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rvm-install-succeeds-but-ansible-fails/14608 "2014-02-20T20:24:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Mahemoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Michael\_Mahemoff](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_Mahemoff)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rvm-install-succeeds-but-ansible-fails/14608/1 "2014-02-20T20:24:32Z")

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I have this task in a playbook:

- name: install ruby 2.1.0

rvm: ruby=2.1.0

It causes the following error, with no real explanation. Yet, when I check on the remote machine, it seems to have installed fine. Also, on the remote machine, I can easily uninstall and install it. And when I install it, the output is exactly what I see with ansible, and the exit code is zero. So why does it fail?

failed: [rubyhost] =\> {“failed”: true, “item”: “”, “rc”: 1}

msg: RVMError: code=1, command=rvm install 2.1.0, output=Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time.  
Found remote file [https://rvm.io/binaries/ubuntu/12.04/x86\_64/ruby-2.1.0.tar.bz2](https://rvm.io/binaries/ubuntu/12.04/x86_64/ruby-2.1.0.tar.bz2)  
Checking requirements for ubuntu.  
Requirements installation successful.  
ruby-2.1.0 - #configure  
ruby-2.1.0 - #download  
ruby-2.1.0 - #validate archive  
ruby-2.1.0 - #extract  
ruby-2.1.0 - #validate binary  
ruby-2.1.0 - #setup  
ruby-2.1.0 - #making binaries executable.  
ruby-2.1.0 - #downloading rubygems-2.2.2  
ruby-2.1.0 - #extracting rubygems-2.2.2.  
ruby-2.1.0 - #removing old rubygems.  
ruby-2.1.0 - #installing rubygems-2.2.2…  
ruby-2.1.0 - #gemset created /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0@global  
ruby-2.1.0 - #importing gemset /usr/local/rvm/gemsets/global.gems…  
ruby-2.1.0 - #generating global wrappers.  
ruby-2.1.0 - #gemset created /usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0  
ruby-2.1.0 - #importing gemsetfile /usr/local/rvm/gemsets/default.gems evaluated to empty gem list  
ruby-2.1.0 - #generating default wrappers.

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rvm-install-succeeds-but-ansible-fails/14608/2 "2014-02-20T23:10:02Z")

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Unfortunately the rvm module is not part of the core modules we ship with Ansible, so unless someone else on the list is familiar with it you may need to contact the original author.

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**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/rvm-install-succeeds-but-ansible-fails/14608/3 "2014-02-21T01:11:37Z")

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Also, a bit of a follow up, the rvm module that was a pull request (was this it?) was submitted a very long time ago.

If there is a good need for a module to install rvm, I’m open to it, though it also seems like maybe shell+async is still the right way to go?