Can't install on Ubuntu

[meygerjos]

I just tried to install um with the following instructions (from this thread):

Installing this on Linux is straightforward.

1. You need Pandoc. On Debian, Ubuntu, etc. this is: sudo apt-get install pandoc. I'm sure there's a similar incantation for Arch and so forth, but I can't be arsed. If you don't already have Ruby installed in your system, you'll need that too.

2. cd into your favorite personal toolbox directory and git clone https://github.com/sinclairtarget/um.git

3. Add a symlink to um in /usr/local/bin: sudo ln -s /your/path/to/um/bin/um /usr/local/bin/um. Make sure you're symlinking to the um script, not the um directory.

That's it. Enjoy.

Nice little widget. I like it.

Now when I try to run it, I get the following error message:

2: from /usr/local/bin/um:3:in <main>' 1: from /usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in require'
/usr/lib/ruby/2.5.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:59:in `require': cannot load such file -- um (LoadError)

What should I do?

I am running Ubuntu 18.04.

Thanks!

[sinclairtarget]

IMO, it's much better to use a package manager to install Um. But if you want to go the git clone route, run the following in the um directory:

$ gem build um.gemspec && gem install um*.gem

You can then symlink to the um executable like before. The above installs um as a gem so that the require works.