can't install ruby with rvm on windows11 wsl

Question

problem

i upgraded my windows to windows 11 and have ruby on rails projects in the wsl (ubuntu 18.04 ).

i use rvm to manage my ruby versions

after running

rvm install 3.0.0

during install the console displays : verify binary
and i get windows blue screen with STOP: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
before the computer restarts

I have done

• I have run memory diagnostics tools they return no problems
• I have tried reinstalling rvm but then can't install any ruby versions
• I have tried installing other versions of ruby on the same rvm the same problem occurs
• I have tried installing rbenv and cannot install ruby either.

my installation and machine

➜  ~ rvm -v
rvm 1.29.12 (latest) by Michal Papis, Piotr Kuczynski, Wayne E. Seguin [https://rvm.io]
➜  ~ rvm list
   ruby-2.6.0 [ x86_64 ]
   ruby-2.6.5 [ x86_64 ]
=* ruby-2.7.0 [ x86_64 ]
   ruby-3.0.0 [ x86_64 ]

# => - current
# =* - current && default
#  * - default

➜  ~ rvm use 3.0.0
Using /home/trevorius/.rvm/gems/ruby-3.0.0
ruby: error while loading shared libraries: /home/trevorius/.rvm/rubies/ruby-3.0.0/bin/../lib/libruby.so.3.0: invalid ELF header

Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10750H CPU @ 2.60GHz   2.59 GHz
Ram: 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable)
System type : 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

OS: Windows 11 Home
   version: 21H2
   wsl: Ubunto 18.04

edit

PS C:\Users\trevo> wsl -l -v
  NAME            STATE           VERSION
* Ubuntu-18.04    Running         1

Answer 1

Solution i used

i ended up upgrading wsl to wsl 2 using wsl --set-version Ubuntu-18.04 2 from a powershell terminal

i had to delete the corrupted ruby files for this to work but the first run gave me the location of the files. and a couple of rm -rf <corrupted folders> allowed the process to complete.

Be warned this is a relatively long process took me approx 15mins per run.

after the process i was able to run the install of ruby 3.0.0 with no problem.

thank you NotTheDr01ds for putting me on track with a solution