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Jekyll on Ubuntu

Before we install Jekyll, we need to make sure we have all the required dependencies.

sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev build-essential

It is best to avoid installing Ruby Gems as the root user. Therefore, we need to set up a gem installation directory for your user account. The following commands will add environment variables to your ~/.bashrc file to configure the gem installation path. Run them now:

echo '# Install Ruby Gems to ~/gems' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export GEM_HOME=$HOME/gems' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/gems/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Finally, install Jekyll:

gem install jekyll bundler

That’s it! You’re ready to start using Jekyll.