Installing Jekyll in Ubuntu 16.04

Step 1

Update your package list:

$ sudo apt-get update

Step 2

Install Ruby and its development libraries as well as make and build-essential so that Jekyll’s libraries will compile once Jekyll is installed.

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

Step 3

Add Ruby’s gem package to your .bashrc file:

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  export GEM_HOME=$HOME/gems
  export PATH=$HOME/gems/bin:$PATH

Step 4

Install Jekyll as well as Bundler which manages gem dependencies:

$ gem install jekyll bundler

Step 5 (optional)

In case you want to use pagination in on your site:

$ gem install jekyll-paginate

Viewing your site

In order to view your site, cd to your site folder and run:

$ jekyll serve

Use the Server address link generated to view your site in browser.