Installing/Compiling libsass and sassc on Ubuntu 14.04+/Linux Mint 17+ (needed by node-sass)

libsass-install.bash

# Based on https://github.com/sass/libsass/wiki/Building-with-autotools

# Install dependencies
apt-get install automake libtool 

# Fetch sources
git clone https://github.com/sass/libsass.git
git clone https://github.com/sass/sassc.git libsass/sassc

# Create configure script
cd libsass
autoreconf --force --install
cd ..

# Create custom makefiles for **shared library**, for more info read:
# 'Difference between static and shared libraries?' before installing libsass  http://stackoverflow.com/q/2649334/802365
cd libsass
autoreconf --force --install
./configure \
  --disable-tests \
  --enable-shared \
  --prefix=/usr 
cd ..

# Build the library
make -C libsass -j5

# Install the library
sudo make -C libsass -j5 install

see my question/answer How to install node-sass/gulp-sass on Ubuntu 14.04+ or Linux Mint 17+? on AskUbuntu for more information.

Hey,

so just to clarify why are you running this code:

cd libsass
autoreconf --force --install
cd ..
cd libsass
autoreconf --force --install

Why do you cd in and out of libsass and why run autoreconf --force --install twice? I looked at Stack Overflow post about static and shared but couldn't quite understand?

Cheers,
Otis.

# Create configure script
cd libsass
autoreconf --force --install
cd ..

# Create custom makefiles for **shared library**, for more info read:
# 'Difference between static and shared libraries?' before installing libsass  http://stackoverflow.com/q/2649334/802365
cd libsass
autoreconf --force --install

cd libsass
autoreconf  --install

works like a charm

Thank you! Very helpful.