You can install the LESS compiler directly from npm
.
- Install
node.js
. Go to this page and download the installer for your platform.
If you're on Windows, download the.msi
; if you are on OSX, download the.pkg
file. Whenever possible, download the 64-bit version (unless your system is running only 32-bit hardware and software). If you are on Linux and you want to use package managers, see this page. - Once you have
node.js
installed, you should also havenpm
, which isnode.js
Package Manager. You can open a terminal/console and runnpm -v
to make sure everything is installed correctly. Eventually, you can install the LESS compiler by simply executing:
npm install -g less
(note: on OSX and Linux you may need to run this with sudo: sudo npm install -g less
).
The LESS compiler will then be available as the lessc
command. See examples here.
PS: Some GUIs also exist for simplifying working with lessc
. Google "less gui windows/mac/linux" to see many results, like this one for Mac.