WebStorm: LESS not being compiled on Mac - css

I have installed WebStorm 9 on Mac. I am having problems getting my LESS code compiled to CSS even after installing the LESS Compiler plugin.
The following message gets displayed:
"Missing CSS Output Directory - You can add CSS output directories under Settings > Project Settings > LESS Compiler"
Though there is no "Project Settings", I have add out put directory to LESS Compiler in "Settings".
It still does not work.

Known issue - see https://github.com/acdvorak/intellij-lessc-plugin/issues/47.
I can suggest using less compiler (npm install -g less) configured as a file watcher instread - see https://www.jetbrains.com/webstorm/help/transpiling-sass-less-and-scss-to-css.html

I also meet the problem in mac WebStorm, finally found where is wrong:
WebStorm Less compiler only work for ver. less 1.6.2
please use below under your project:
sudo npm install less#1.6.2
then in File Watchers in WebStorm to edit Less watcher,
in Program field change path to:
yourProjectPath/node_modules/less/bin/lessc
then happy css will appear. :)

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I've installed Node.js and that looks OK.
I've run npm ci in the app/theme folder, and that seems to have run OK. There is a webpack.config.js file in the folder.
I don't get the "run webpack" instruction!
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Just to be sure: did you compile the scss? As Bootstrap 4 uses SASS, the scss need to be compiled in order to take effect.
Try
npx webpack --config webpack.config.js
cmd is enough to run the command. I use a .bat with this to quick compile.
run npm run webpack from commandline.
I have extended the instructions and explained the step better. I hope you were able to move on by now.
João Gomes, thx for your quick answer =)

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It seems that a recent version of node-sass (3.4.1) breaks our build. I am consistently getting this error message:
It's not clear which file to import for '#import "../file"'.
Candidates:
../file.scss
../file.css
Please delete or rename all but one of these files.
Now, this is occuring for all the files in the project that have not explicitly specified "file.scss" in their name.
I have not been able to determine a fix for this bug - Nor can I find any documentation to address what has changed in node-sass to cause it. We have too many files for it to be practical to go rename each import.
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Edit:
This is also happening with files which have an underscore (eg. _file) in their path. Doesn't seem to recognize that these files are partials.
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It seems this is a known issue in node-sass - https://github.com/sass/node-sass/issues/1222 however its not clear exactly which versions are affected.
I fixed it by uninstalling grunt-sass, then installing the exact version of node-sass that worked correctly (v3.4.1), and then finally reinstalling grunt-sass.
$ npm uninstall grunt-sass
$ npm install node-sass#3.4.1 --save-dev
$ npm install grunt-sass
This means grunt-sass uses your installed version, rather than installing its own version which it defines as "node-sass": "^3.4.0"
Weirdly even though I specified an exact version in the install command I still ended up with this in my package.json:
"node-sass": "^3.4.1"
So I manually changed that to the exact version so other developers in the team would get the correct version:
"node-sass": "3.4.1"
Of course if you find that the only version that works for you is v3.3.0 then use that that version in the instructions above.
Option 1
You can import using the file extension
#import "../file.scss"
Option 2
Or you can tell SASS not to generate the .css file by import without output. You have to rename the file from file.scss to _file.scss
That will let you import like this
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These are my settings. Here is the error i am facing while compiling .less file.
Step 1: Install npm less module
npm install -g less
Step 2: Install the less plugins in Intellij Idea
File > Settings > Plugins
Step 3: Setup Less Profile
File > Settings > LESS Profiles
It'll auto-generate the CSS file as soon as any change is noticed in LESS if "Compile Automatically on Save" is used.
You are incorrectly looking in Project Strucutre.
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LoadError on line ["55"] of /Library/Ruby/Site/2.0.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb: cannot load such file -- susy
Run with --trace to see the full backtrace
Warning: ↑ Use --force to continue.
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