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Error starting server

See original GitHub issue

Hey guys I’m setting up my server for the very first time and I’m having this issue that I don’t understand how to solve, maybe you can lend a hand, please? I tried the troubleshooting tips, but still no luck.

Are “grunt” and related grunt task modules installed locally? Run npm install if you’re not sure. Or maybe you don’t have permissions to access the .tmp directory?

About malformed LESS, SASS, CoffeeScript file, etc. I haven’t edited or created any files yet. Any ideas? Thanks!

npm start

> electron-release-server@1.3.1 start /var/www/node
> node app.js

info: 
info:                .-..-.
info: 
info:    Sails              <|    .-..-.
info:    v0.12.4             |\
info:                       /|.\
info:                      / || \
info:                    ,'  |'  \
info:                 .-'.-==|/_--'
info:                 `--'-------' 
info:    __---___--___---___--___---___--___
info:  ____---___--___---___--___---___--___-__
info: 
info: Server lifted in `/var/www/node`
info: To see your app, visit http://localhost:6000
info: To shut down Sails, press <CTRL> + C at any time.

debug: -------------------------------------------------------
debug: :: Wed Sep 07 2016 06:17:54 GMT+0000 (UTC)

debug: Environment : development
debug: Port        : 6000
debug: -------------------------------------------------------
error: ** Grunt :: An error occurred. **
error: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aborted due to warnings.
Running "sass:dev" (sass) task
>> Error: File to import not found or unreadable: ../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/assets/stylesheets/_bootstrap.scss
>>        Parent style sheet: /var/www/node/assets/styles/importer.scss
>>         on line 4 of assets/styles/importer.scss
>> >> @import '../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/assets/stylesheets/_boots
>>    ^
Warning:  
------------------------------------------------------------------------

error: Looks like a Grunt error occurred--
error: Please fix it, then **restart Sails** to continue running tasks (e.g. watching for changes in assets)
error: Or if you're stuck, check out the troubleshooting tips below.

error: Troubleshooting tips:
error: 
error:  *-> Are "grunt" and related grunt task modules installed locally?  Run `npm install` if you're not sure.
error: 
error:  *-> You might have a malformed LESS, SASS, CoffeeScript file, etc.
error: 
error:  *-> Or maybe you don't have permissions to access the `.tmp` directory?
error:      e.g., `/var/www/node/.tmp` ?
error: 
error:      If you think this might be the case, try running:
error:      sudo chown -R 500 /var/www/node/.tmp