Permission problems <% if @desc %> This installer must be able to <%= @access || "write to" %> <%= @desc %>. <% else %> This installer must be able to <%= @access || "write to" %> the following directory: <%= @dir %> <% end -%> But it can't do that, because you're running the installer as <%= `whoami`.strip %>. Please give this installer root privileges, by re-running it with <%= @sudo %>: export ORIG_PATH="$PATH" <%= @sudo_s_e %> export PATH="$ORIG_PATH" <%= @ruby %> <%= @installer %>