But is RVM really that hard? If you are on a major distribution of Linux or OSX, all you have to do is install the dependencies and then copy and paste the bash

But is RVM really that hard? If you are on a major distribution of Linux or OSX, all you have to do is install the dependencies and then copy and paste the bash command that setups up RVM. The hangup is usually installing the dependencies. I remember on Ubuntu this involved hunting down one library that wasn't listed on the RVM wiki. Maybe that needs to be fixed with either more documentation on the RVM wiki or a Ubuntu RVM package (that package probably already exists). On OS X it requires getting GCC to work, again maybe that needs to be clearer on the RVM wiki. On windows - well on windows I just install a Ubuntu VM and go back to that installation. But fixing those simple things (documentation, possibly RVM package) is far easier than creating a whole new installation process.