title: Cannot install RVM . Permission denied in /usr/local/rvm
body: <p>Based on my previous thread : <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4911504/rvm-installed-by-ruby-not-working">RVM installed by Ruby not working?</a> where i had installed RVM using the root user, I then had to entirely remove the RVM install and now i am installing as a user.</p>
  
  <p>So i did :</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Create a new user by doing : useradd newuser</li>
  <li>Follow the instructions on the RVM website and execute the command : bash &lt; &lt;( curl <a href="http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head</a> )</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Now, i get the error : <strong>mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/local/rvm': Permission denied</strong></p>
  
  <p>The new user i created does not have access to this directory. I manually tried creating the folder but the same error. Please help.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT : The original problem occured because i did not restart the terminal and it was still using the old settings.</p>
  
  <p>Now, I got a new problem : After installing RVM, i cannot run it and it gives me an error : rvm command not found.</p>
  
  <p>Here is the output of my ~/.bash_profile</p>
  
  <pre><code># .bash_profile
  
  # Get the aliases and functions
  if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
          . ~/.bashrc
  fi
  
  # User specific environment and startup programs
  
  PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
  
  export PATH
  [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] &amp;&amp; source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"  # This loads RVM into a shell session.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is output from ~/.bashrc file</p>
  
  <pre><code># .bashrc
  
  # Source global definitions
  if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
          . /etc/bashrc
  fi
  
  # User specific aliases and functions
  [[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] &amp;&amp; source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"  # This loads RVM into a shell session.
  </code></pre>