---
title: Set up SASS
slug: configured-commerce/docs/setting-up-sass-in-classic
docTags: 
createdAt: 2026-08-13T10:46:21.000Z
---

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**Important**

Classic CMS reached end-of-life in January 2025 and is no longer receiving feature updates or bug fixes. You should \[migrate to Spire CMS]\(../../End user docs/spire-cms/get-started-with-spire-cms/migrate-from-classic-cms-to-spire-cms.mdx).
:::

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**📘 Note**
Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Visual Studio all need to be run as Administrator.
:::

1. Run the command below in a Command Prompt as administrator to Install Chocolatey to assist in installing some of the dependencies.

```powershell
@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy unrestricted -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin
```

1. Open PowerShell as administrator.
2. Install *nodejs* by running the following command in PowerShell as administrator, *Node.js* is a dependence of Grunt:

```powershell
choco install nodejs.install --force
```

Enter 1 to run the script.

4. Install ruby by running the following command in PowerShell as administrator, Ruby is a dependency for SASS as it is a gem from Ruby:

```powershell
choco install ruby --force
```

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**🚧 Important**
Configured Commerce is not compatible with Ruby v2.5.0.1 (-released 12/26/2017). To avoid installation issues with SASS, use v2.4.3.1.
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1. Restart PowerShell as administrator so that new Windows Environment variables get picked so we can continue the setup
2. Run the following commands in PowerShell:
   Installs Grunt

```powershell
npm install -g grunt-cli
```

Installs Compass

```powershell
gem install compass
```