Error while installing RVM on ubuntu 11.04. Seems

Question

When I try to install RVM the following error shows up:

$ bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)
Cloning into rvm...
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
Cloning into rvm...
error: RPC failed; result=56, HTTP code = 100
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

ERROR: Unable to clone the RVM repository, attempted both git:// and https://

This is a git clone error I'm getting recently. e.g When I try to clone nodejs.

error: RPC failed; result=56, HTTP code = 100
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

What is the problem?

Answer 1

It would seem you're having some sort of network issue that is preventing you from retrieving the Git repository. The RVM script attempts to clone the repository first using git clone --depth 1 git://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm.git, and if that fails, using git clone https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm.git. Git uses libcurl. The result=56 part of the RPC failed error is the libcurl error code; 56 means Failure with receiving network data.. The HTTP code = 100 part is the HTTP server status code that was returned to you; 100 means The client SHOULD continue with its request..

Your best bet is probably to start a network traffic sniffer (on Ubuntu, you can use Wireshark) to see exactly what packets are being transmitted/received on your workstation. Try installing RVM on different workstations in your network and on different networks. I did not have any issues on my machine.