# Problems Add the brew ruby path to your shell config

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/problems-add-the-brew-ruby-path-to-your-shell-config/4736>\
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**Created:** [July 21, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/problems-add-the-brew-ruby-path-to-your-shell-config/4736 "2020-07-21T18:39:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/problems-add-the-brew-ruby-path-to-your-shell-config/4736/3 "2020-07-22T12:16:18Z")

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Hi Michael, thanks for your willingness trying to help. I am not sure I fully understood what to do. You said open /.zshrc and add a line but I do not know where to open it from.  
My problem apparently is pretty similar to the one poster here (see link below, does it have anything to do with using the bash or zsh shell?):

> [@Failed installation attempts on MacOS Catalina](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/failed-installation-attempts-on-macos-catalina/3822/7):
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> I had the same errors on macOS Catalina. First make sure that the .bash\_profile in your home directory includes this path: (Show hidden files in Finder on Catalina: cmd + shift + fn + period) export PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/2.6.0/bin:$PATH" With macOS Catalina, Apple is now using Zsh as the default shell. I solved the problem with switching the default shell to Bash. Run this command in Terminal: chsh -s /bin/bash

Below you have the gem env info in case it helps, again thanks for your time:

RubyGems Environment:

- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 3.0.3
- RUBY VERSION: 2.6.3 (2019-04-16 patchlevel 62) [universal.x86\_64-darwin19]
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0
- USER INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: /Users/fergomez/.gem/ruby/2.6.0
- RUBY EXECUTABLE: /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/bin/ruby
- GIT EXECUTABLE: /usr/bin/git
- EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: /usr/local/bin
- SPEC CACHE DIRECTORY: /Users/fergomez/.gem/specs
- SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DIRECTORY: /Library/Ruby/Site
- RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
  - ruby
  - universal-darwin-19

- GEM PATHS:
  - /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.6.0
  - /Users/fergomez/.gem/ruby/2.6.0
  - /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.6/usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0

- GEM CONFIGURATION:
  - :update\_sources =\> true
  - :verbose =\> true
  - :backtrace =\> false
  - :bulk\_threshold =\> 1000

- REMOTE SOURCES:
  - [https://rubygems.org/](https://rubygems.org/)

- SHELL PATH:
  - /opt/anaconda3/bin
  - /opt/anaconda3/condabin
  - /usr/local/bin
  - /usr/bin
  - /bin
  - /usr/sbin
  - /sbin

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