Less Compiler for Linux [closed]

Answer 1

Although using node.js version is recommended, you can install less as ruby gem:

sudo apt-get install rubygems1.8 ruby1.8-dev
sudo gem install rubygems-update
sudo gem update rubygems
sudo gem install less

and than use lessc which is in /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/lessc, so you may want to create symlink:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/lessc /usr/bin/

or add ruby gems dir to PATH variable:

export PATH=/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin:$PATH

EDIT:

Using lessc as described here:

Command-line usage

Less comes with a binary, which lets you invoke the compiler from the command-line, as such:

$ lessc styles.less

This will output the compiled CSS to stdout, you may then redirect it to a file of your choice:

$ lessc styles.less > styles.css

To output minified CSS, simply pass the -x option.

Answer 2

You can also use this : http://wearekiss.com/simpless with a beautiful GUI and the watching process to automatically update the file when editing.

Answer 3

in fedora or centos distribution you should

$ sudo yum install rubygems
$ sudo yum install gcc-c++
$ sudo yum install ruby-devel     
$ sudo gem install less
$ sudo gem install therubyracer 

$ lessc yourLessFile.less > yourCssFile.css

Answer 4

For java there is an open source tool called wro4j.

It uses rhino as underlying engine for compiling less to css, but can also use node.js if it is supported on your environment.

Answer 5

I know, that this answer is quite "too late", but I recently tried to build a simple gui for linux. With JAVA and the less.js it is not just linux, but cross-platform. Simpless isn't supported anymore (since 1.3 as written in their blog) and Crunch uses Adobe Air which is also out of date.

here is my project: http://project.splashfish.de/Le-css/

Answer 6

I have created a wxPython GUI app that uses node.js less compiler. It is on very early stage right now. Everyone's invited to contribute. I'm planning to make it very similar to MacOS's LessCSS App.

https://github.com/luislobo/Lobo-LessCSS-Compiler