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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Speeding up Workflow with Sass Working with Sass Libraries

Jacob Solano
Jacob Solano
1,095 Points
Posted by Jacob Solano
Jacob Solano
1,095 Points

Getting permission issue while trying to install Bourbon (sass) on my mac using my terminal. How can I overwrite?

Here is the issue I'm running into while trying to install bourbon.

ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory.

1 Answer

Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points
Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points

Hey Jacob,

Try writing sudo beforehand. It should then ask you for your password.

sudo gem install bourbon
Jacob Solano
Jacob Solano
1,095 Points
Jacob Solano
Jacob Solano
1,095 Points

Thanks Kevin. Appreciate it. I'm really not familiar with the terminal. This worked just fine.

Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points
Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points

Awesome! I'm glad it worked.