Nazanin Ashrafi

How To Get Started With Jekyll On Endless OS

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How To Get Started With Jekyll On Endless OS

In this article you'll read :

  1. Quick intro on what endless os is.
  2. Requirements.
  3. How to install it.
  4. Essentials updates.
  5. Updating gems.
  6. Removing toolbox (if needed)

1. Quick intro :

Some of you might wonder what the hell is endless OS?!

Short answer : it's is a Linux-based operating system but it works kinda different. If you'd like to know more about it, you can check this out

And if you're an andless OS user , you already know what this is. so we're moving on.

2. Requirements :

But before getting started with jekyll, you need to install the requirements :

If you goolge "how to install ruby on linux" and go to the ruby's official page for installation you'll see that none of the commands work.

I literally spent 2 days on how to install the requirements. So I'm just gonna save you from wasting your time and googling and all the headaches.

As I said none of the commands will work because endless OS is only compatible with Flatpak Applications and ruby doesn’t have a Flatpak version BUT there is a way to install it .

3. How to install it :

  • Step One

For installing ruby, you need to install toolbox first :

toolbox create --release f33

and then run toolbox :

toolbox enter --release f33

After that you can easily install ruby (inside the toolbox) using this command :

sudo dnf install ruby

  • Step Two

Now you need "Rubygem", "GCC" and "Make"

Run this command inside the toolbox and it will install the development tools

sudo dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"

  • Step Three

    You're almost done. All you need to do is to run this command in toolbox and install jekyll 
sudo dnf install jekyll

You're all set and done with the installation.

Now you can create your first Jekyll site

  1. Install the bundler gems
    gem install jekyll bundler

  2. Create a new Jekyll site
    jekyll new myblog

  3. Change into your new directory
    cd myblog

  4. Build the site and make it available on a local server
    bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload
    --livereload flag will automatically refresh the page

  5. Go to localhost:4000

For more information you can head over to Jekyll's site and read the documents .

PS. Remember, You have to run the commands in toolbox : 

toolbox enter --release 33

4. Essentials updates.

It is recommended that you update Jekyll as often as possible. Here are the update commands :

sudo apt update

Updating Jekyll

gem update jekyll

Updating bundle

bundle update jekyll

or

bundle update

Check this out for more information.

5. Updating gems :

You might get some errors after trying to run jekyll, something like this, Or any other error related to not finding a specific gem:

Screenshot from 2021-12-13 22-30-02 (1).png

First run this command to see all the list of gems that are installed.

gem list

When I checked the list , I saw that I already had the different version of those gems. But I needed the specific version.

Screenshot from 2021-12-13 22-39-33 (1).png

By going to Ruby gems site , you can find any gems and install them.

Screenshot from 2021-12-13 22-42-29 (1).png

You can also find the older versions :

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6. Removing toolbox :

If your toolbox container has stopped working for whatever reason and you can't enter in it, you can just remove the toolbox by running this command :

toolbox rm -f -a

and reinstall jekyll and its requirements again

Credit to this person I'd like to thank endless forum for helping me to get started with Jekyll.
Here is the original topic that I have created on forum.

jekyllwebdev#codenewbiesWeb Development