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I was trying to install RVM (Ruby Version Manager) with stable ruby on a mac and got this error: Error running '__rvm_make -j2'

abbreviated console output:

 curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --rubycurl -sSL https://get.rvm.io
 ...
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Installing Ruby from source to: /Users/bbush/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.4.1, this may take a while depending on your cpu(s)...
ruby-2.4.1 - #downloading ruby-2.4.1, this may take a while depending on your connection...
ruby-2.4.1 - #extracting ruby-2.4.1 to /Users/bbush/.rvm/src/ruby-2.4.1....
ruby-2.4.1 - #applying patch /Users/bbush/.rvm/patches/ruby/2.4.1/random_c_using_NR_prefix.patch.
ruby-2.4.1 - #configuring...................................................................
ruby-2.4.1 - #post-configuration.
ruby-2.4.1 - #compiling...........
Error running '__rvm_make -j2',

Then looking at the log file (abbreviated here) I got this ./miniruby permission denied error:

............
compiling enc/us_ascii.c
compiling enc/unicode.c
compiling enc/utf_8.c
compiling enc/trans/newline.c
linking miniruby
generating encdb.h
make: ./miniruby: Permission denied
make: ./miniruby: Permission denied
make: *** [.rbconfig.time] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [encdb.h] Error 1
++ /scripts/functions/support : __rvm_make() 383 > return 2

Then, after running 'rvm reload', I got a ./config.status permission denied error. Here's the abbreviated log:

...
compiling ./missing/explicit_bzero.c
compiling ./missing/setproctitle.c
compiling dmyenc.c
make: ./config.status: Permission denied
make: *** [ruby-runner.c] Error 1

I'm the root user on my machine btw and I'm running Mac OS X – High Sierra (10.13.4). Anyone know what's going on here and how to get around these permissions issues? Thanks.