Installing Ruby

Compass runs on any computer that has ruby installed.

For more advanced users you may want to install rvm.

Setting up the ruby environment

1. $ gem update --system
2. $ gem install compass

Looking for the next release’s preview version?

To install the preview version of Compass:

1. gem install compass --pre

Tell us about your project and we’ll help you get it set up:

I would like to set up my new existing compass rails other project named compass’s no starter stylesheets.
I prefer the CSS based (SCSS) Indent based (Sass) syntax and would like to use compass’s recommended customize my project’s directory structure using for the sass source directory, for the stylesheets output directory, for the javascripts directory, and for the images directory.

Thanks. Now run the following steps in your terminal:

Terminal newbies, read the Designer’s Guide to the OSX Command Prompt first!

Note: $ is a placeholder for your terminal’s prompt. You don’t type it.

Then follow the instructions that compass provides in the output.

Hate the Command Line?

Try one of these Community supported GUI applications:

• Compass.app from Handlino.
• Scout from Mutually Human.

Next Steps

• Learn about Sass
• Read our tutorials
• Study the reference documentation