I’m trying to run an old AngularJS project locally on Windows 11. The project uses:
SCSS with Compass
Pug templates
Grunt tasks (grunt dev / grunt build)
Node.js + Bower
According to the README, I should just install npm and bower then run grunt dev to start a local dev server, but I’m getting errors.
- Local setup with WSL2 (Ubuntu 22.04)
Installed Node.js, npm, Bower, Ruby 2.7, Compass 1.0.3 inside WSL2.
Ran:
npm install bower install grunt build grunt dev Errors with grunt:
grunt build:
Errno::EACCES .../sass/plugin/compiler.rb: Permission denied @ rb_sysopen - .../build/app.css Aborted due to warnings grunt dev:
Running "compass:dev" (compass) task Running "connect:server" (connect) task Started connect web server on http://localhost:9123 Fatal error: Exited with code 3 sass --watch sass:dev:
error sass/app.scss (Line 2: File to import not found or unreadable: compass/css3) Load path: /mnt/c/Users/Yassine/Desktop/erp-altanlagentool/sass - Using Docker
Tried:
docker-compose up --build
Errors:
failed to compute cache key: failed to calculate checksum of ref ...: "/hybridisierungs-tool/dist": not found failed to compute cache key: failed to calculate checksum of ref ...: "/kommunale-waermeplanung/dist": not found The Dockerfile contains multiple COPY .//dist ./webapp/ commands, which fail because these dist folders don’t exist yet — they are generated by grunt build.
What I want:
Run grunt dev locally so I can see the app with correct CSS, SCSS, fonts, and Pug templates.
Avoid changing any project files.
Understand whether WSL2 or Docker is the correct approach.
Additional info:
Ruby 2.7.8 installed in WSL2
Compass 1.0.3 installed
Node.js and npm installed
Docker fails because dist folders don’t exist yet
How can I run this project locally on Windows 11 using Docker (or WSL2) without modifying project files, so that grunt dev works and the app loads with correct CSS and fonts?
