Error using syte theme

[tschertel]

When I configure pelican to use syte theme ad call "make html", I get this error message:
CRITICAL: Encountered unknown tag 'assets'.

All I get in output folder is a "theme" folder with a few files in it.

[arnaudbos]

That's because Syte needs the WEBASSETS plugin which relies on python's webassets package.

Just pip install it in your virtualenv ans you're ready to go :-)

Note: you'll also need cssmin.

[justinmayer]

I've taken the liberty of clarifying the dependencies in the README file, which will hopefully reduce the likelihood of future confusion.

[bretonio]

Decades later a similar issue.

I typed sudo pip install webassets and then sudo pip install cssmin and yet the error persists.

Attempting to use THEME = 'eevee'.

No such error with THEME = 'notmyidea'.

[cesarmarroquin]

I get the same exact error as @bretonio trying to use the 'eevee' theme. Both of those packages are installed for me as well.

[mirekdlugosz]

@bretonio @cesarmarroquin did you guys add assets plugin in pelicanconf.py? eevee theme depends on it (i.e. installing webassets package is not enough).

PLUGINS = [
    'assets'
]