pandoc-ruby errors

Question

I have just installed pandoc using gem install pandoc-ruby and have tried running this sample script:

require 'pandoc-ruby'
@converter = PandocRuby.new('# Markdown Title', :from => :markdown, :to => :rst)
puts @converter.convert

I get the following errors:

open3.rb:202: in spawn': No such file or directory - pandoc --from=markdown --to=rst (Errno::ENOENT)
open3.rb:202: inpopen_run'
open3.rb:90: in popen3'
pandoc-ruby.rb:101: inexecute'
pandoc-ruby.rb:77: in convert'
pandoc test.rb:3: in'

I assume that as the script is one of the ones given as an example on the pandoc-ruby github that there must be something wrong with the installation. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Many thanks

Answer 1

The error looks like Ruby is unable to find the pandoc executable.

To tell Pandoc where to find the executable, use the bin_path method:

PandocRuby.bin_path='/usr/local/bin'

Set bin_path to the directory where you put the pandoc executable.