How to Install Jekyll in Ubuntu
Installing Jekyll in Ubuntu 16.04
Jekyll is used to develop static and simple website for all purpose. This is similar to CMS that runs without any data bases. It gets your contents in text format and produces a complete website. Installation of Jekyll in Ubuntu is explained in this manual.
Features
- Does not require databases.
- Supports HTML, CSS, Liquid.
- Static sites are readily available for deployment.
Installation steps of Jekyll
Utilise the following command to update your Ubuntu
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Install the ruby packages
root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install ruby-full -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libpango1.0-0 libpangox-1.0-0 linux-headers-4.4.0-21
linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
linux-image-extra-4.4.0-21-generic
Use ' sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
fonts-lato javascript-common libgmp-dev libgmpxx4ldbl libjs-jquery
libruby2.3 libtcltk-ruby rake ri ruby ruby-dev ruby-did-you-mean
ruby-minitest ruby-net-telnet ruby-power-assert ruby-test-unit ruby2.3
ruby2.3-dev ruby2.3-doc ruby2.3-tcltk rubygems-integration
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Setting up ruby2.3-dev:amd64 (2.3.1-2~16.04) ...
Setting up ruby-dev:amd64 (1:2.3.0+1) ...
Setting up ruby-full (1:2.3.0+1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
Now install the Jekyll package using gem
root@linuxhelp1:~# gem install jekyll
Fetching: liquid-3.0.6.gem (100%)
Successfully installed liquid-3.0.6
Fetching: kramdown-1.11.1.gem (100%)
Successfully installed kramdown-1.11.1
Fetching: mercenary-0.3.6.gem (100%)
Successfully installed mercenary-0.3.6
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Installing ri documentation for jekyll-watch-1.4.0
Parsing documentation for jekyll-3.1.6
Installing ri documentation for jekyll-3.1.6
Done installing documentation for liquid, kramdown, mercenary, safe_yaml, colorator, rouge, sass, jekyll-sass-converter, rb-fsevent, ffi, rb-inotify, listen, jekyll-watch, jekyll after 31 seconds
14 gems installed
Verify version of jekyll by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:~# jekyll -v
jekyll 3.1.6
Change to home directory and Create a new website
root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /home/ root@linuxhelp1:/home# jekyll new linuxhelp1.com New jekyll site installed in /home/linuxhelp1.com.
The above command will create a new web directory under /home
root@linuxhelp1:/home# cd linuxhelp1.com/ root@linuxhelp1:/home/linuxhelp1.com# ls about.md css _includes _layouts _sass _config.yml feed.xml index.html _posts
start the Jekyll application and replace below mentioned ip address with your ip.
root@linuxhelp1:/home/linuxhelp1.com# jekyll server --host 192.168.5.111
Configuration file: /home/linuxhelp1.com/_config.yml
Source: /home/linuxhelp1.com
Destination: /home/linuxhelp1.com/_site
Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental
Generating...
done in 0.618 seconds.
Auto-regeneration: enabled for ' /home/linuxhelp1.com'
Configuration file: /home/linuxhelp1.com/_config.yml
Server address: http://192.168.5.111:4000/
Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.
[2016-07-18 15:05:50] ERROR `/favicon.ico' not found.
[2016-07-18 15:05:50] ERROR `/favicon.ico' not found.
Open the browser and navigate to http://< IP_address> :4000
Q
What is jekyll?
A
Jekyll is a simple, blog-aware, static site generator for personal, project, or organization sites. Written in Ruby.it is distributed under an open source license.
Q
Can we use jekyll in cli mode?
A
yes, you can use jekyll in cli mode.
Q
Can I install it on Windows?
A
Yes, follow this link, https://jekyllrb.com/docs/windows/ to install it on windows
Q
Recommend similar tools like this
A
You can try Hugo, Hexo, GitBook, Octopress
1.jekyll new - Creates a new Jekyll site scaffold
2.jekyll build or Jekyll b - Performs a one-off build your site to ./_site (by default)
3.jekyll serve or Jekyll s - Builds your site any time a source file changes and serves it locally
4.jekyll doctor - Outputs any deprecation or configuration issues
5.jekyll new-theme - Creates a new Jekyll theme scaffold
6.jekyll clean - Removes the generated site and metadata file
7.jekyll help - Shows help, optionally for a given subcommand, e.g. Jekyll help build