File to import not found or unreadable: compass

Question

I successfully installed Sass, but I'm having trouble importing Compass.

The following is the error detail:

*Syntax error: File to import not found or unreadable: compass.               Load path: H:/HTML/___keoFull/sass ..... Backtrace: mainKeo.scss:2 style.scss:2 C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/import_node.rb:67:in `rescue in import' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/import_node.rb:45:in `import' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/import_node.rb:28:in `imported_file' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/import_node.rb:37:in `css_import?' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:217:in `visit_import' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:37:in `visit' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:100:in `visit' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:227:in `block in visit_import' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:227:in `map' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:227:in `visit_import' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:37:in `visit' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:100:in `visit' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:53:in `block in visit_children' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:53:in `map' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:53:in `visit_children' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:109:in `block in visit_children' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:121:in `with_environment' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:108:in `visit_children' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:37:in `block in visit' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:128:in `visit_root' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:37:in `visit' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:100:in `visit' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:7:in `visit' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/tree/root_node.rb:20:in `render' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/engine.rb:315:in `_render' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/engine.rb:262:in `render' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:341:in `update_stylesheet' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:203:in `block in update_stylesheets' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:201:in `each' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:201:in `update_stylesheets' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/plugin/compiler.rb:235:in `watch' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/plugin.rb:107:in `method_missing' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/exec.rb:444:in `watch_or_update' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/exec.rb:307:in `process_result' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/exec.rb:41:in `parse' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/lib/sass/exec.rb:21:in `parse!' C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/sass-3.2.6/bin/sass:9:in `<top (required)>'* 

Answer 1

Compass adjusts the way partials are imported. It allows importing components based solely on their name, without specifying the path.

Before you can do @import 'compass';, you should:

Install Compass as a Ruby gem:

gem install compass 

After that, you should use Compass's own command line tool to compile your SASS code:

cd path/to/your/project/ compass compile 

Note that Compass reqiures a configuration file called config.rb. You should create it for Compass to work.

The minimal config.rb can be as simple as this:

css_dir =   "css" sass_dir =  "sass" 

And your SASS code should reside in sass/.

Instead of creating a configuration file manually, you can create an empty Compass project with compass create <project-name> and then copy your SASS code inside it.

Note that if you want to use Compass extensions, you will have to:

1. require them from the config.rb;
2. import them from your SASS file.

More info here: http://compass-style.org/help/