Install the Jekyll Gem
Jekyll itself comes in the form of a Ruby Gem, which is an easy-to-install software package. To install Jekyll and all its default dependencies, launch your favorite command line tool and enter the following command.
gem install jekyllHit enter, watch, enjoy. This might take a while due to the number of dependencies. [ i know i had to wait, it may be nothing or just the internet ]
Summary
Tada! You have successfully installed Jekyll. In fact, you can already build and serve sites without errors, unless there are blocks of code in there and you want to use syntax highlighting.
Use subfolders
Jekyll cannot build or serve sites from certain system-reserved folders on Windows, like your user folder. Instead, it will output an error looking like this:
C:\Users\You>jekyll serve
Configuration file: C:\Users\You\_config.yml
Source: C:\Users\You
Destination: C:\Users\You\_site
Generating...
jekyll 2.4.0 | Error: Permission denied - .If you encounter such an error, move your site to a subdirectory (e.g., C:\Users\You\awesome-jekyll-site) and try again.
jekyll build
jekyll build --watch
jekyll build -w
jekyll serve
jekyll serve --watch
jekyll serve -wYou can now run all of the above commands on your Windows machine. Congratulations! You have successfully set up Jekyll on Windows.
Found something that wasn’t quite clear? Is something in this guide outdated? Did I forget something? Please look if somebody else noticed it already or file a new issue on GitHub if that’s not the case. Thanks!
If you need help with using Jekyll in general, please visit the official Jekyll website.