Jekyll::Converters::Scss, error in 'assets/main.scss'

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Dear all,

I need help please. I’m trying to run bundle exec jekyll serve, but I encounter the following error:

/Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/connection.rb:28: warning: VM initialization failed: Current Mac OS X version 10.13 is lower than minimum supported version 10.14
  Conversion error: Jekyll::Converters::Scss encountered an error while converting 'assets/main.scss':
                    end of file reached
bundler: failed to load command: jekyll (/Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/bin/jekyll)
/Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/varint.rb:20:in `readbyte': end of file reached (EOFError)
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/varint.rb:20:in `block in read'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/varint.rb:19:in `loop'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/varint.rb:19:in `read'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/connection.rb:62:in `block in read'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/connection.rb:61:in `synchronize'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/connection.rb:61:in `read'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/dispatcher.rb:77:in `receive_proto'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/dispatcher.rb:19:in `block (2 levels) in initialize'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/dispatcher.rb:18:in `loop'
	from /Users/mabalenk/.rbenv/versions/3.2.2/lib/ruby/gems/3.2.0/gems/sass-embedded-1.68.0-x86_64-darwin/lib/sass/embedded/dispatcher.rb:18:in `block in initialize'

Yes, I’m on a relatively old distribution of macOS (High Sierra v10.13.6). I use Ruby v3.2.2. Is there a workaround to bypass this error? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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What version of Jekyll are you using (run jekyll --version)? Assuming it’s that latest Jekyll 4.x, then my first guess would be to try Jekyll 3.x which might be more compatible (it is the version used by Github pages).

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Yes, your guess is correct! I’m using Jekyll v4.3.2. How do I downgrade Jekyll to v3.x.y?

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I found a helpful StackOverflow post explaining how to downgrage Jekyll. I modified the Gemfile to specify the exact Jekyll version I needed:

gem "jekyll", "3.9.3"

Then I updated the entire Jekyll distribution to refresh (and possibly downgrade) the dependent gems:

bundle update jekyll