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Patrik
Patrik

Reputation: 132

Compass and SASS: Nothing to compile error

I'm getting so tired of this problem right now. I've been put off so many times trying to get this going. I feel this is my last attempt in solving what is wrong. Here goes:

I install compass

sudo gem update --system
sudo gem install compass

I create my test project (named test)

compass create test

That generates this 

directory test/ 
directory test/sass/ 
directory test/stylesheets/ 
   create test/config.rb 
   create test/sass/screen.scss 
   create test/sass/print.scss 
   create test/sass/ie.scss

I try to compile the project

compass compile [path/to/test]

All I get is this error message: "Nothing to compile. If you're trying to start a new project, you have left off the directory argument."

I try to google the problem but I can't find anything to help me. Anyone here that knows what's going on? Am i missing something important?

Im running OSX 10.6.8

Upvotes: 4

Views: 12555

Answers (3)

acronym
acronym

Reputation: 71

Carefully check the paths in your config.rb file. This error can be caused by any error in the path definitions that lead to a non-existent directory.

Upvotes: 2

Stephan Hoyer
Stephan Hoyer

Reputation: 4928

Missing config.rb produces the same error. Create a minimal one in your basic sass directory containing just

sass_dir = '.'

Upvotes: 5

chrisfree
chrisfree

Reputation: 175

Check to see if you have special characters in your filepath. I had "[" and "]" wrapping a directory name. This apparently causes Compass to choke. Removing those fixed my issue.

Seeing as though there are lot's of different scenarios that lead to this same error message, it would seem that some additional info in the debugging output might be helpful. I spent a couple of hours on this, thinking it was my config.rb file! Oh well, hope this post saves someone else some time.

Upvotes: 16

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