sass not recognised using Windows command shell

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I've installed ruby and the sass gem on a Win 7 Enterprise box. I've had issues throughout the process, and had to download the gems and install them from local to avoid other issues.

gem install --local sass-3.1.19.gem

I'm trying sass --watch styles.sass:styles.css but I get the standard sass isn't recognised error from the command line.

I'm really new to ruby so I could well have missed a step.

Thanks in advance

I don't know much about windows, but read this http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles/command_line.shtml#path — Jørgen R, Jun 29 '12 at 10:08
Old thread but I found it when trying to use SASS on Windows, in the end I used 'Koala' for compilation which turned out GREAT: http://bobmckay.com/web/sass-css/sass-windows-tutorial-automatic-sass-compilation — Mr Fett, Jul 09 '14 at 08:58

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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In order to run commands without specifying full path, you need to have the path to the program in you PATH variable.

So if your program is located in C:\Programs\rubygems\gem\sass you'll need to add C:\Programs\rubygems\gem\ to PATH.

The process of adding a folder to PATH for the Windows command line prompt is described here.

For Windows Powershell, please check Setting Windows PowerShell path variable here on SO.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:09

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answered Jul 02 '12 at 06:19

Jørgen R

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As an addition, I found it was necessary to restart `cmd` to get `sass` to appear in the command line – dKen Jun 01 '15 at 11:55
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You don't necessarily need to restart `cmd`, but you need to reload the environment variables. I guess reastarting is the easiest way of doing this. – Jørgen R Jun 01 '15 at 12:13

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '18 at 09:17

After installing sass with NPM you got this:

npm install -g sass

file:///C:/Users/yourName/AppData/Roaming/npm/sass -> C:/Users/Administrador/AppData/Roaming/npm/node_modules/sass/sass.js

You can create the path. Go to environment variables - > system variables -> path -> Edith , and include file:///C:/Users/yourName/AppData/Roaming/npm/sass. Then, Accept everything. and it's done.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 29 '12 at 10:58

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Yes, putting the path to my ruby bin did indeed solve this.

My Computer --> right click, Properties --> Advanced system settings (left hand column) --> Environment variables --> find Path in the bottom list, highlight and edit --> include ;c:\path-to-ruby\bin at the end --> OK back out through the windows.

Thanks!

answered Jun 29 '12 at 10:58

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Yeah... If you put it in an answer I'll mark it as the answer for you. – lappy Jun 29 '12 at 21:56

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '17 at 18:12

If you using Windows 10 v1607 (latest update as March 2017), you need to follow following steps:

Right-click on start menu & select System
Click on Advanced System Settings (left hand column)
Click on Environment variables button
In top section, select Path (or PATH), then click on Edit button
Inside opened window, click on New button
In selected input area, type (for ex.) C:\Ruby22-x64\bin\ (its must be path to ruby's bin folder)
Click OK, twice
Re-open Command-Prompt, now sass is ready to watch and compile your sass files.

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 04 '21 at 12:13

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If you have Node installed use the node terminal instead of the windows/VSCode terminal.

Search for the Node terminal on the windows search tool placed on the right side of the windows start button.

answered May 04 '21 at 12:13

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