rvmsudo gem install capistrano

Question

When running

rvmsudo gem install capistrano

I get this warning:

Warning: can not check `/etc/sudoers` for `secure_path`, falling back to call via `/usr/bin/env`, this breaks rules from `/etc/sudoers`. Run:

    export rvmsudo_secure_path=1

to avoid the warning, put it in shell initialization file to make it persistent.

In case there is no `secure_path` in `/etc/sudoers`. Run:

    export rvmsudo_secure_path=0

to avoid the warning, put it in shell initialization file to make it persistent.

I'm on Mac OS X and I've got no secure_path in /etc/sudoers so I assume I need to put:

    export rvmsudo_secure_path=0

in my .bash_profile, right?

Answer 1

Yes, based on the RVM warning, your .bash_profile is the correct place to put that export line.

Aside from that issue though, is using rvmsudo necessary? If you are using RVM you should be able to install gems without sudo (because they are installing into your home directory, or a user writable system directory).