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I'm running Mountain Lion, and I'm trying to install Ruby; however, I get "bad CPU in executable" error. Not sure how to fix this . . . ideas? Sorry for the bad formatting - "code" doesn't really format this Terminal output properly.

[06:51 AM] ~ 2 $ curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 185 100 185 0 0 293 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 345 100 9979 100 9979 0 0 11662 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 11662 bash: line 30: /sw/bin/gtar: Bad CPU type in executable Downloading RVM from wayneeseguin branch stable % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 125 100 125 0 0 502 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 531 100 1045k 100 1045k 0 0 925k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 1543k bash: line 161: /sw/bin/gtar: Bad CPU type in executable

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Ruby already comes installed on OS X. – Gerry Aug 12 '12 at 11:13
+1 on "Ruby already ... installed". On another note, the error is occurring with /sw/bin/gtar. Did you recently upgrade? Do you have an old fink distribution installed? The script you are running is finding gtar but the call fails. – ephsmith Aug 12 '12 at 14:33
If you really want this to run, you might try exporting rvm_tar_command explicitly before you run the script--i.e. export rvm_tar_command=/usr/bin/tar. – ephsmith Aug 12 '12 at 14:34
The Apple version is 1.8.something. The most recent ruby version is 1.9.2. So, that's why I want to use THAT version. I'll try that command when I get home - thanks. – lolajl Aug 12 '12 at 15:37
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Okay . . . culprit was Fink. Easily removed with: sudo rm -rf /sw – lolajl Aug 12 '12 at 18:55
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