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CSS Sass Basics (retired) Getting Started with Sass Installing and Using Sass

Juan Jimenez
Juan Jimenez
11,245 Points
Posted by Juan Jimenez
Juan Jimenez
11,245 Points

Is there an alternative of Scout for Linux?

The video recommends Scout to compile Sass in WIndows and Apple, but is there an alternative in Linux?

victor ollervidez
victor ollervidez
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victor ollervidez
victor ollervidez
14,934 Points

Hi Juan! What linux distro are you using? I do all my development in ubuntu, i haven't gotten to the Sass basics course yet but have used it with Foundation. In ubuntu you can install sass & compass and run it from terminal.

Juan Jimenez
Juan Jimenez
11,245 Points
Juan Jimenez
Juan Jimenez
11,245 Points

I'm using Ubuntu too. My problem was that the sass --watch method explained in the videos was not working for me so I was looking for an alternative.

I found it though: My problem was that sass --watch ignores the file config.rb where the output options and folders are set. However, using compass watch method works brilliantly