can't run this shell script

Question

So I'm trying to install this script

I do

1. copy the folder in ~/Documents/icambridge-get-shit-done-1222b6b
2. change .bashrc (the one in the user directory, is that the right one?) by adding a line PATH=:~/Documents/icambridge-get-shit-done-1222b6b”${PATH}”
3. set the files in icambridge-get-shit-done-1222b6b as execs using sudo chmod +x
4. type sudo ./get-shit-done and i get: /usr/bin/env: php: No such file or directory

What is the problem?

Answer 1

As Lekensteyn pointed out in the comment above, you should export the PATH in the .bashrc in the user's home directory like so:

PATH="$HOME/Documents/icambridge-get-shit-done-1222b6b:$PATH"

Then run source ~/.bashrc or restart your terminal for it to take effect.

Running the command like sudo ./get-shit-done will only work if you are in the same directory as the file. Once you've correctly exported the PATH, you can simply run it as sudo get-shit-done

The error /usr/bin/env: php: No such file or directory is telling you that you need to install PHP. You can install it with:

sudo apt-get install php5-cli

Answer 2

It sounds like it uses PHP but you don't have it installed. You can install it by typing:

sudo apt-get install php

at the command prompt. Then try again to run the script.

Also, there seems to be a python version, which is more likely to be already installed on your system. You could try to use that version instead.