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While Windows is not an officially-supported platform, it can be used to run Jekyll with the proper tweaks
RubyInstaller is a self-contained Windows-based installer that includes the Ruby language, an execution environment, important documentation, and more.
Open a new command prompt window from the start menu, so that changes to the PATH
environment variable becomes effective. Install Jekyll and Bundler using gem install jekyll bundler
Check if Jekyll has been installed properly: jekyll -v
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In order to use the wsl --install
simplified install command, you must:
Install a preview build of Windows 10 (OS build 20262 or higher).
Open a command line window with Administrator privileges
Once those requirements are met, to install WSL:
Enter this command in the command line you've opened in Admin mode: wsl.exe --install
Restart your machine
The first time you launch a newly installed Linux distribution, a console window will open and you'll be asked to wait for files to de-compress and be stored on your PC. All future launches should take less than a second.
The easiest way to install Ruby and Jekyll is by using the for Windows.
We only cover RubyInstaller-2.4 and newer here. Older versions need to manually.
Download and install a Ruby+Devkit version from . Use default options for installation.
Run the ridk install
step on the last stage of the installation wizard. This is needed for installing gems with native extensions. You can find additional information regarding this in the
Join the
You will then need to .