Setup Jekyll – static website generator on Ubuntu

Jekyll is a static site generator. You give it text written in your favorite markup language and it uses layouts to create a static website. You can tweak how you want the site URLs to look, what data gets displayed on the site, and more.

Execution & Command Syntax

$ gcc -v , g++ -v and make -v in your system’s command line interface) $ sudo apt install ruby $ sudo apt install ruby-dev Install Jekyll and bundler gems

$ sudo gem install jekyll bundler $ mkdir server $ cd server/ $ sudo jekyll new myblog $ cd myblog $ sudo bundle exec jekyll serve Above steps needs root permission, to avoid root permission we need to change owner & group as, $ cd

$ sudo chown -R myuser myblog/ $ sudo chgrp -R myuser myblog/ $ cd myblog/ $ bundle exec jekyll serve Configuration file: /home/devlab/server/myblog/_config

Technical Implementation Details

Following steps describes how you can install and setup jekyll on Ubuntu. Dependency Ruby version 2.4.0 or above, including all development headers (ruby version can be checked by running ruby -v ) RubyGems (which you can check by running gem -v ) GCC and Make (in case your system doesn’t have them installed, which you can check by running gcc -v , g++ -v and make -v in your system’s command line interface) $ sudo apt install ruby $ sudo apt install ruby-dev Install Jekyll and bundler gems. $ sudo gem install jekyll bundler $ mkdir server $ cd server/ $ sudo jekyll new myblog $ cd myblog $ sudo bundle exec jekyll serve Above steps needs root permission, to avoid root permission we need to change owner & group as, $ cd .. $ sudo chown -R myuser myblog/ $ sudo chgrp -R myuser myblog/ $ cd myblog/ $ bundle exec jekyll serve Configuration file: /home/devlab/server/myblog/_config.yml Source: /home/devlab/server/myblog Destination: /home/devlab/server/myblog/_site Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental Generating... Jekyll Feed: Generating feed for posts done in 0.326 seconds.

Gotchas and Common Issues

• Permission Verification - confirm execution permissions and path variables before invoking system binaries.

• Version Compatibility - check software version release notes for deprecated flags or syntax changes.

• Log Monitoring - inspect system logs (journalctl or /var/log) to troubleshoot execution failures.

Following these steps ensures clean configuration, proper security boundaries, and reliable execution for setup jekyll – static website generator on ubuntu.