12 Oct 2013
Installing Jekyll using RVM
Notes from installing Jekyll on Ubuntu 12.04
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
rvm requirements
rvm install 2.1.0
rvm use 2.1.0
rvm gemset create jekyll
rvm use 2.1.0@jekyll
rvm --ruby-version use 2.1.0@jekyll
gem install jekyll
gem install jekyll-s3
If rvm requirements fails because the account does not have the necessary persmission to automatically install the dependencies then
rvm autolibs read-fail
rvm requirements
This should list any missing dependencies, you can then install them using an account with the correct permissions and continue the process.
scss support
gem install jekyll-compass
.scss files go in the _sass folder and are copied to the _site/css folder
jekyll-s3
gem install jekyll-s3
Contents of _jekyll_s3.yml file
s3_id: ********
s3_secret: ************
s3_bucket: www.example.com
s3_endpoint: EU
gzip: true