How to install Jekyll

Requirements

For Windows 10 read the Jekyllrb.com pages. These cover how to install it for Windows and also how to use the Windows Sub-system for Linux (WSL) using BASH.

For Ubuntu read Ubuntu Installation

For other Linux distros: Jekyll on Linux

And not forgetting macOS Jekyll on macOS

How to create a site with Jekyll

  • Change to the directory where you will work on your site.
  • Create the the Jekyll site:

jekyll new mynewsite

How to start the local Jekyll server

  • Change to the mynewsite directory:

cd mynewsite

  • Start the Jekyll server so that you can develop and publish the site locally

bundle exec jekyll serve