How do i install less css compiler?

Question

I just installed less css compiler using npm. Now thelesscfile directory is /usr/local/bin/lessc . i'm not clear what i need to change in lessc file and how to understand that compiler has been correctly installed.

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 14 '17 at 11:42

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To Install Less Compiler
```
sudo npm install -g less
```
To know the location of it
```
sudo which lessc
```

To compile ".less" File to ".css"

lessc /home/--Your LESS File Location--/File.less > /home/--Your CSS File Location--/main.css

edited Mar 14 '17 at 11:42

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answered Mar 14 '17 at 11:37

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Oli · Answer 2 · 2015-08-26T15:27:53.143

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/usr/local/bin/ should already be in your $PATH so there's nothing to do.

Simply use lessc like you would any other command. Here's a little snippet showing mine is installed like yours, and it parsing some LESS into CSS.

$ sudo npm install -g less
... npm installs less ...

$ which lessc
/usr/local/bin/lessc

$ lessc - <<< 'a{color:white; strong {color:black}}'
a {
  color: white;
}
a strong {
  color: black;
}

edited Aug 26 '15 at 15:27

answered Aug 26 '15 at 14:58

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its not working. Please suggest me, which line should change in "lessc" file. i am not sure but seem something need to change in my "lessc" file. – Najim Sujon Aug 26 '15 at 15:09
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I don't understand what you are saying. You shouldn't need to change *anything* in the lessc file. Please edit your question to show what you see when you run the command. – Oli Aug 26 '15 at 15:27
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@NajimSujon What exactly do you mean by 'Not Working'? – Thomas Ward Aug 26 '15 at 15:36

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 07 '18 at 19:17

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Installation:

sudo apt install node-less

Using:

lessc source_file.less file.css

answered Oct 07 '18 at 19:17

Litvinenko Sergey

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