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Kimberly Denham
5,057 PointsReceived error in console when attempting to run Sass on Macbook Pro
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory
Kimberly Denham
5,057 PointsKimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ ruby -v ruby 2.0.0p451 (2014-02-24 revision 45167) [universal.x86_64-darwin13] Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ rvm -v -bash: rvm: command not found Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ gem -v 2.0.14 Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ gem list
*** LOCAL GEMS ***
bigdecimal (1.2.0) CFPropertyList (2.2.0) io-console (0.4.2) json (1.7.7) libxml-ruby (2.6.0) minitest (4.3.2) nokogiri (1.5.6) psych (2.0.0) rake (0.9.6) rdoc (4.0.0) sqlite3 (1.3.7) test-unit (2.0.0.0) Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ sass -v -bash: sass: command not found Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$
3 Answers
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsOkay, for starters, install RVM. It stands for Ruby En*vironment **Manager. (Used to stand for **Ruby **Version **M*anager.) You can check out their website for a download.
RVM allows you to switch/upgrade Ruby versions easily. It also allows you to make gemsets, which are sets of gems that are tied to a particular version of Ruby. So, if different projects of yours use different gems, you can use gemsets to manage them. A true lifesaver.
So, what you want to do is either download RVM from the site above or run the following command:
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby=2.1.2
It will install RVM, along with the latest version of Ruby. It'll take a little bit, so don't be worried.
After it finishes and you get your prompt back, install Sass by running gem install sass. Then try running sass -v.
Kimberly Denham
5,057 PointsI used the command, but it looks like it failed. Should I try downloading it from the website?
Kim,
Thank you for using RVM!
We sincerely hope that RVM helps to make your life easier and more enjoyable!!!
~Wayne, Michal & team.
In case of problems: http://rvm.io/help and https://twitter.com/rvm_io
rvm 1.25.28 (stable) by Wayne E. Seguin wayneeseguin@gmail.com, Michal Papis mpapis@gmail.com [https://rvm.io/]
Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time.
Found remote file https://rvm.io/binaries/osx/10.9/x86_64/ruby-2.1.2.tar.bz2
Checking requirements for osx.
About to install Homebrew, press Enter for default installation in /usr/local,
type new path if you wish custom Homebrew installation (the path needs to be writable for user)
: Requirements installation failed with status: 1.
Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$
Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$
Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ gem install sass
ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError)
You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory.
Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsQueer...mine's installed in my local library, but it's trying to install yours in the global library.
Hang on while I do some quick Googling around. Sorry about this!
Kimberly Denham
5,057 PointsThat's cool. I really appreciate the help !
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsAll right, try running \curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby=2.1.2 --trace. It's probably going to fail, and that's all right. If it asks you to do something, just choose the default.
Kimberly Denham
5,057 PointsI don't know if you want me to copy and paste all of this....it was running for a while. Was that supposed to happen? At the top of the console window it flashed the words date and bash numerous times
Kimberly Denham
5,057 Points:( Also, tried this again: Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ gem install sass ERROR: While executing gem ... (Gem::FilePermissionError) You don't have write permissions for the /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0 directory. Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsJust make a pastebin. Syntax highlighting Bash, expiration 1 day. Then link it here.
Kimberly Denham
5,057 Pointsfile exceeds 500 kilobytes
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsYou'll have to put a link to it here; I can't seem to find it.
Sorry about all this hassle, by the way. I didn't think it'd take nearly this long.
Kimberly Denham
5,057 Pointsdoes this work? http://pastebin.com/6bqUxCjK also named it: ConsoleErrorSass. I couldn't paste it all since it was too large. this is honestly a 1/16 of what is in the console.
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsGreat! Can you try running rvm -v again?
Kimberly Denham
5,057 PointsKimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ rvm -v -bash: rvm: command not found Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsAll right, I think I might have it. Try
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)"
and then
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby=2.1.2
and then
gem install sass
A forewarning: they will all take a decent amount of time to complete.
Kimberly Denham
5,057 Pointsreturn to continue? Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/go/install)" ==> This script will install: /usr/local/bin/brew /usr/local/Library/... /usr/local/share/man/man1/brew.1
Press RETURN to continue or any other key to abort
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsYes; hit return/enter.
Kimberly Denham
5,057 PointsShould I be running 'brew doctor' first of go ahead and enter gem install sass? ==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod g+rwx /usr/local ==> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/chgrp admin /usr/local ==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mkdir /Library/Caches/Homebrew ==> /usr/bin/sudo /bin/chmod g+rwx /Library/Caches/Homebrew ==> Downloading and installing Homebrew... remote: Counting objects: 194288, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (52718/52718), done. remote: Total 194288 (delta 140397), reused 194288 (delta 140397) Receiving objects: 100% (194288/194288), 39.74 MiB | 3.52 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (140397/140397), done. From https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew
- [new branch] master -> origin/master
HEAD is now at a916da2 nvm 0.14.0
==> Installation successful!
==> Next steps
Run
brew doctorbefore you install anything Runbrew helpto get started
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsRun brew doctor, then the other two commands:
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby=2.1.2
gem install sass
Kimberly Denham
5,057 Pointsso, i should run: 'source /Users/Kim/.rvm/scripts/rvm' before 'gem install sass' http://pastebin.com/4j2sVJbb
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsYes.
Kimberly Denham
5,057 Pointswell....so it worked and you rock, but why is it having trouble fetching the test.scss file I created on my desktop? Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ gem install sass Fetching: sass-3.4.1.gem (100%) Successfully installed sass-3.4.1 Parsing documentation for sass-3.4.1 Installing ri documentation for sass-3.4.1 Done installing documentation for sass after 3 seconds 1 gem installed Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$ sass test.scss Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - test.scss Use --trace for backtrace. Kimberlys-MacBook-Pro-2:~ Kim$
Kimberly Denham
5,057 PointsThanks again for all of your help Ryan. You should get quadruple points for the new question! I'll open a new ticket for this.
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsRyan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsRun the following commands for me and tell me what they spit back out:
ruby -vPrints ruby versionrvm -vPrints RVM versiongem -vPrints RubyGems versiongem listLists installed gemssass -vPrints Sass versionI'm particularly interested in the second one.