The 'compass version' command is broken

[Māris Fogels]

The 'compass version' command and 'compass -v' option are broken in the packaged version of compass on Precise, 0.11.6~dfsg-1.

Here is the full traceback:

 $ compass -v --trace
Errno::ENOENT on line 25 of /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/version.rb: No such file or directory - /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/../../VERSION.yml
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/version.rb:25:in `read_version'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/version.rb:13:in `version'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/commands/print_version.rb:59:in `long_output_string'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/commands/print_version.rb:94:in `execute'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/commands/default.rb:46:in `execute'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/exec/sub_command_ui.rb:43:in `perform!'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/exec/sub_command_ui.rb:15:in `run!'
  /usr/bin/compass:25
  /usr/bin/compass:39:in `call'
  /usr/bin/compass:39

The VERSION.yml file is present in the original compass sources but is missing from the package. The 'compass version' command needs the file to function.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Hallvard Nygård (hnygard)]

I'm getting the same error both on my Xubuntu 13.04 desktop (ruby-compass 0.12.2~dfsg-4) and the Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS server (ruby-compass version 0.11.6~dfsg-1).

[Jonas Björk (jonasbjork)]

Same for me on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

ruby-compass version 0.11.6~dfsg-1
ruby-sass version 3.1.15-1
ruby1.8 version 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu1.3

# compass -v --trace
Errno::ENOENT on line 25 of /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/version.rb: No such file or directory - /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/../../VERSION.yml
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/version.rb:25:in `read_version'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/version.rb:13:in `version'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/commands/print_version.rb:59:in `long_output_string'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/commands/print_version.rb:94:in `execute'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/commands/default.rb:46:in `execute'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/exec/sub_command_ui.rb:43:in `perform!'
  /usr/lib/ruby/vendor_ruby/sass/../compass/exec/sub_command_ui.rb:15:in `run!'
  /usr/bin/compass:25
  /usr/bin/compass:39:in `call'
  /usr/bin/compass:39

Tried to upgrade ruby to 1.9.1 with "apt-get install ruby1.9.1-full" and did "update-alternatives --config ruby" where I set ruby to default to 1.9.1. Same thing there.

[Emin Mastizada (emin25)]

Today I installed Ubuntu to one of our workers and setted the environment for work, and grunt compass gave this error.
`sudo gem install compass` solved problem.

[Benoit (benoit-montuelle)]

Same for me on Ubuntu 14.04, with version 0.12.2~dfsg-4

[Sumit Ray (sumit-ray-y)]

run "sudo gems isntall compass " and you will be done.