Example "/tm.py --report docs/basic_template.md | pandoc -f markdown -t html > tm/report.html" failing

[jasonculligan]

After following the basic guide and trying to run the first example, the following occurs. All prerequisites are fulfilled as far as I can see, going by the README.

$ ./tm.py --report docs/basic_template.md | pandoc -f markdown -t html > tm/report.html
[WARNING] Could not convert TeX math =($_=!''+$)[_/_]+$_[+$])])()[__[_/_]+__[_+~$]+$_[_]+, rendering as TeX:
  =($_=!''+$)[_/_]+$_[+$])])()[_
    ^
  unexpected '$'
  expecting "\\bangle", "\\brace", "\\brack", "\\choose", "\\displaystyle", "\\textstyle", "\\scriptstyle", "\\scriptscriptstyle", "{", "\\operatorname", letter, digit, ".", "!", "'", "''", "'''", "''''", "*", "+", ",", "-", ".", "/", ":", ":=", ";", "<", "=", ">", "?", "@", "~", "_", "^", "\\left", "\\", "\\hyperref" or end of input

$ cat /etc/issue
Linux Mint 22 Wilma \n \l