Error: missing subcommand at: 'ponyup'

[bistace]

Hello,

I am trying to install ponyc via ponyup but I am getting an error Error: missing subcommand at 'ponyup'. Here is the command that I am trying to run:
ponyup update ponyc release

Could you please help me solve this issue? I am on 64bit Ubuntu v22.04.

[mfelsche]

Which version of ponyup do you have installed on your machine (ponyup version)? What does file $(which ponyup) output for you?

Can you run your command above with verbose output like this: ponyup -v update ponyc release and copy the whole command you are trying to execute?

[bistace]

It seems that all I was missing was the package 'lsb-release'. Installing it with apt solved my problem. Thank you for taking the time to try and solve my problem and sorry for the inconvenience!

[mfelsche]

The existence of the lsb-release on your system, should not be relevant for your ponyup. It is only used upon installation. Did you have an incomplete installation?

If this was the case, we should either update the installation script or state this requirement in the docs.
If not, feel free to close this ticket.

[bistace]

You are right. The first time I installed ponyup, I did not see that it complained that lsb-release was not found as there were some other logs around it. After uninstalling it to try again I saw the message, installed the lsb-release package and everything worked correctly after that!