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Homebrew and basic usage

I want to install ruby 2.1.2 with rbenv on my computer.

I've installed Homebrew to accomplish this.

After doing brew install rbenv

I get the following messages, of which I don't understand much:

To use Homebrew's directories rather than ~/.rbenv add to your profile:
  export RBENV_ROOT=/usr/local/var/rbenv

To enable shims and autocompletion add to your profile:
  if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi
==> Summary
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/rbenv/0.4.0: 31 files, 152K, built in 3 seconds

What does the above mean and what should I do..?

Solution

  • Your profile is a file called .profile inside your home directory, e.g. /Users/youruser/.profile. Create that file in a text editor, and paste those two lines into it. The commands in that file will be executed when you open a new terminal window.