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CSS Compass Basics Getting Started with Compass Installing Compass

Posted by ammarkhan
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ammarkhan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 21,661 Points

Cannot install compass using terminal

I am getting the following error,

Fetching: sass-3.4.21.gem (100%) ERROR: While executing gem ... (Errno::EPERM) Operation not permitted - /usr/bin/sass I am using El Captain. Can anyone help me this issue?

Marco Boretto
Marco Boretto
29,821 Points
Marco Boretto
Marco Boretto
29,821 Points

try this out:

sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin compass

1 Answer

Wesley Chitwood
Wesley Chitwood
1,973 Points
Wesley Chitwood
Wesley Chitwood
1,973 Points

I get this error: ERROR: Error installing compass: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

current directory: /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/ffi-1.9.10/ext/ffi_c

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby -r ./siteconf20160612-769-1nedfab.rb extconf.rb mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/include/ruby.h

extconf failed, exit code 1

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/ffi-1.9.10 for inspection. Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/extensions/universal-darwin-15/2.0.0/ffi-1.9.10/gem_make.out