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Dana Leventhal
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Dana Leventhal
Courses Plus Student 13,120 Points
Posted by Dana Leventhal
Dana Leventhal
Courses Plus Student 13,120 Points

Hi Guys, Hope someone can help me out. I installed sass but I could not install compass. I tried sudo gem install compas

install compass in the command line. but got the following response: ERROR: Error installing compass: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/ruby.h

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ffi-1.9.3 for inspection. Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/ffi-1.9.3/ext/ffi_c/gem_make.out

Any idea how to fix this so I can finish installing compass? Appreciate any help!! dana

3 Answers

Francisca Picon Galvez
Francisca Picon Galvez
11,759 Points
Francisca Picon Galvez
Francisca Picon Galvez
11,759 Points

Dana, also check this in the forum: "Installing Compass Error". The guy solved the same problem installing Xcode.

Francisca Picon Galvez
Francisca Picon Galvez
11,759 Points
Francisca Picon Galvez
Francisca Picon Galvez
11,759 Points

Hi Dana! the same thing happened to me. After looking for answers for 2 days, in the end I´ve found one solution, i don´t know if it will work on your case. I had OSX version 10.7.5. I had ruby 1.8 install, and sass, but the same error keep appearing. For me the solution has been update the OSX version, then install newest Xcode version, and install compass again. I hope this will help you too.

Dana Leventhal
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Dana Leventhal
Courses Plus Student 13,120 Points
Dana Leventhal
Dana Leventhal
Courses Plus Student 13,120 Points

I will try that in the am. Thanks so much!!! Appreciate your quick response!