Error finding /packages/bootstrap3-less/bootstrap.import.less

[mbabauer]

When I start my app I get the following:

While building the application:
client/styles/style.less:3:1: Less compiler error: '/packages/bootstrap3-less/bootstrap.import.less' wasn't found

=> Your application has errors. Waiting for file change.

My style.less has the following:
// Everything should be a .import.less file and you should import them all into this file
// Which is then compiled to style.css
@import "/packages/bootstrap3-less/bootstrap.import.less";
// Override bootstrap variables
@import "variables.import.less";
// Custom Mixins
@import "mixins.import.less";
// Base styles
@import "../views/base.import.less";
// Template Specific Styles

Any help would be appreciated.

[FickleLife]

I have the same error...

[mbabauer]

It seems like this might be a know issue with the new package manager in Meteor 0.9.xxx, as per the discussion here: #29. Something to do with not being able to follow a symbolic link or something.

I can tell you what I did to get around it was to manually copy the bootstrap.import.less and all the /less folder under my old Meteor/Meteorite 0.8 project into my new project under /client/styles then modified the bootstrap.import.less to fix the paths. This was the only file I had to correct. It's not the most elegant of solutions, but it works for me...at least until the package developers can come up with a better plan.

I saw someone else on StackOverflow mentioning adding the package manually to /packages and adding it that way. I did not try the approach, so not sure how well it works.

[zeroasterisk]

same problem, same workaround

[pascoual]

In Meteor 0.9.x.x package are not full copied in your build web site.
So the package need to be updated.

Waiting solution :

mkdir -p ./client/css/0-bootstrap3-less/lib
cd  ./client/css/0-bootstrap3-less/lib
svn export https://github.com/simison/bootstrap3-less/trunk/lib/less ./less
svn export https://github.com/simison/bootstrap3-less/trunk/lib/fonts ./fonts

Edit the path in the bootstrap less file you've created with:

// defines where the package is                                                 
@bootstrap3-less-root: "/client/css/0-bootstrap3-less";

[callahanp]

I got around this by moving index.less from /client up to /.
Is there a better way?

[pascoual]

Good alternative: https://github.com/Nemo64/meteor-bootstrap !

[zeroasterisk]

FTW!

thanks @pacoual

[simison]

Yup, I'm also recommending that package if you're using Meteor 0.9+.