Jekyll Installation - Windows OS

Ruby Installer

• Execute the commands below from an Administrative Powershell window

Ruby Installer

• Ensure you download version 2.7.2-2 (x64) or use the wizard
  • choco install ruby --version=2.7.2.1

Ruby DevKit Installer

• Execute the command below to download and install Ruby or use the wizard
  • choco install ruby2.devkit

Install MSYS2 with ridk (Ruby Installer Development Kit)

• Execute the commands below to
  • refresh environment variables
  • set execution policy
  • install development toolchain and msys2, and update msys2.

refreshenv
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned 
ridk install 1 2 3

Install Jekyll

• Execute the command below to ensure Ruby is installed.
  • ruby -v
• Execute the command below to ensure Gem is installed.
  • gem -v
• Execute the command below to install Jekyll
  • gem install jekyll bundler
• Execute the command below to ensure Jekyll was installed successfully
  • jekyll -v