Jekyll is a static site generator, ruby based free software. It is written by Tom Priston Werner , GitHub’s cofounder.

In this post we will install the latest jekyll 2.0 version. Whereas the steps are applicable to previous version(Jekyll 1.0) also

By using jekyll you can create awesome blogs, writing the post and pages in markdown language and it do not require any Database[mysql,sql,mongo etc.]. It is a file based CMS,the markdown files are generated in html format.

Within a few minutes you can install Jekyll and run your website/blog .

In our previous post we have already describe about installation of octopress on CentOS and Ubuntu(Octopress is framework based on Jekyll) . For ruby installation we will use same process that is with RVM.

Steps to install Jekyll on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Follow the given below steps to install jekyll on Ubuntu.

Step 1: Install rvm

Run the below given command to install rvm. The benefit of rvm is,through this we can install multiple ruby version and switch to previous and latest available version on our system.

Install curl:

sudo apt-get install curl

Install rvm script:

curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

IMPORTANT : Read the below given reference from my system. It helps you to understand to do next step. Here, my user name is sharad

sharad@ubuntu:~$ curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
Downloading https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/archive/stable.tar.gz

Installing RVM to /home/sharad/.rvm/
    Adding rvm PATH line to /home/sharad/.profile /home/sharad/.bashrc /home/sharad/.zshrc.
    Adding rvm loading line to /home/sharad/.bash_profile /home/sharad/.zlogin.
Installation of RVM in /home/sharad/.rvm/ is almost complete:

  * To start using RVM you need to run `source /home/sharad/.rvm/scripts/rvm`
    in all your open shell windows, in rare cases you need to reopen all shell windows.

# sharad,
#
#   Thank you for using RVM!
#   We sincerely hope that RVM helps to make your life easier and more enjoyable!!!
#
# ~Wayne, Michal & team.

In case of problems: http://rvm.io/help and https://twitter.com/rvm_io
sharad@ubuntu:~$ 

Step 2: Set RVM environment

From Step 1 you will get reference, what absolute path of script to be used with source command .
In above reference, read this line –
To start using RVM you need to run `source /home/sharad/.rvm/scripts/rvm` in all your open shell windows
Hence, I am running below given command. In your system, find this line and run it on your system

source /home/sharad/.rvm/scripts/rvm

Step 3: Install latest available ruby version

First install ruby requirements. run below given command

rvm requirements

Use below given command and write down the latest availbale ruby version instead of 2.1.2
at the time of writing this post, ruby version 2.1.2 is latest. (Get information from Ruby Download link)

Install latest ruby version:

rvm install 2.1.2

Step 4: Select default version to be used

The below given command helps to set default ruby version. Here, ruby version 2.1.2 is selected as default

rvm use 2.1.2 --default

Step 5: Install nodejs

Install nodejs in Ubuntu system . (If you face javascript runtime error, most probably because of absence of nodejs package)

sudo apt-get install nodejs

Step 6: Install Jekyll

We will simply use the gem command to install Jekyll. And by defualt it will install Jekyll 2.0 version ,which is latest at present.

gem install jekyll

You can check jekyll version by using the command

jekyll -v

Step 7: Create blog and up the server

Now we are ready to create the blog and run the server
The below given command create the directory called mysiteblog. You can given another name of your choice. In this directory, jekyll configuration file and setup is all set.

jekyll new mysiteblog

Run the Jekyll Server:

Jekyll server listen at port number 4000 .
Change to newly created directory mysiteblog or the new name which you have given at the time of using command jekyll new blog-name

cd mysiteblog

Start jekyll server

jekyll serve

Step 8: Open blog on web browser

Now open the newly created blog on your system’s web browser.
Open the web browser and type the below given command

http://localhost:4000

The below given is reference from my site.

Now you can start blogging on Jekyll. The posts and pages to be write on Markdown.
Generate static files. You can also move your static site in AWS S3 bucket, it will be awesome,fast and economical as well.

Read Jekyll Documentation

Below given is complete reference from my system

I have already installed nodejs. Hence it is not included in below given section.

sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
Downloading https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/archive/stable.tar.gz

Installing RVM to /home/sharad/.rvm/
    Adding rvm PATH line to /home/sharad/.profile /home/sharad/.bashrc /home/sharad/.zshrc.
    Adding rvm loading line to /home/sharad/.bash_profile /home/sharad/.zlogin.
Installation of RVM in /home/sharad/.rvm/ is almost complete:

  * To start using RVM you need to run `source /home/sharad/.rvm/scripts/rvm`
    in all your open shell windows, in rare cases you need to reopen all shell windows.

# sharad,
#
#   Thank you for using RVM!
#   We sincerely hope that RVM helps to make your life easier and more enjoyable!!!
#
# ~Wayne, Michal & team.

In case of problems: http://rvm.io/help and https://twitter.com/rvm_io
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ source /home/sharad/.rvm/scripts/rvm
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ rvm requirements
Checking requirements for ubuntu.
Requirements installation successful.
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ rvm install 2.1.2
Searching for binary rubies, this might take some time.
Found remote file https://rvm.io/binaries/ubuntu/14.04/x86_64/ruby-2.1.2.tar.bz2
Checking requirements for ubuntu.
Requirements installation successful.
ruby-2.1.2 - #configure
ruby-2.1.2 - #download
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 22.8M  100 22.8M    0     0  68673      0  0:05:48  0:05:48 --:--:-- 92951
No checksum for downloaded archive, recording checksum in user configuration.
ruby-2.1.2 - #validate archive
ruby-2.1.2 - #extract
ruby-2.1.2 - #validate binary
ruby-2.1.2 - #setup
ruby-2.1.2 - #making binaries executable..
Rubygems 2.2.2 already available in installed ruby, skipping installation, use --force to reinstall.
ruby-2.1.2 - #gemset created /home/sharad/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2@global
ruby-2.1.2 - #importing gemset /home/sharad/.rvm/gemsets/global.gems........................................
ruby-2.1.2 - #generating global wrappers.........
ruby-2.1.2 - #gemset created /home/sharad/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2
ruby-2.1.2 - #importing gemsetfile /home/sharad/.rvm/gemsets/default.gems evaluated to empty gem list
ruby-2.1.2 - #generating default wrappers.........
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ rvm use 2.1.2 --default
Using /home/sharad/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.2
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ gem install jekyll
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31 gems installed
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ 
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ jekyll new mysiteblog
New jekyll site installed in /home/sharad/Desktop/mysiteblog. 
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ 
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop$ cd mysiteblog/
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop/mysiteblog$ 
sharad@linuxworld:~/Desktop/mysiteblog$ jekyll serve
Configuration file: /home/sharad/Desktop/mysiteblog/_config.yml
            Source: /home/sharad/Desktop/mysiteblog
       Destination: /home/sharad/Desktop/mysiteblog/_site
      Generating... 
                    done.
Configuration file: /home/sharad/Desktop/mysiteblog/_config.yml
    Server address: http://0.0.0.0:4000/
  Server running... press ctrl-c to stop.