How to install Ruby and Jekyll on Windows 10

How to install Ruby and Jekyll on Windows 10

1. Visit RubyInstaller web site (https://rubyinstaller.org/).

2. Click the ‘Download’ button on the web page.

3. On the RubyInstaller Downloads web page (https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/),
   • click the ‘Ruby+Devkit 2.6.6-1 (x64)’ link and save the file to the local folder (i.e. ‘Downloads’).

4. After the download is complete, double-click the installation file (rubyinstaller-devkit-2.6.6-1-x64.exe).

5. Setup – Ruby 2.6.6-1-x64 with MSYS2.
   • Ruby 2.6.6-1-x64 with MSYS2 License Agreement.
     • Select ‘I accept the License’ option.
     • Click the ‘Next’ button.
6. Installation Destination and Optional Tasks
   • Input install folder ‘C:\Ruby26-x64’ into the ‘Installation Destination folder’ and check all 3 options (‘Add Ruby executables to your PATH’, ‘Associate .rb and .rbw files with this Ruby installation’, ‘Use UTF-8 as default external encoding’).
   • Click the ‘Install’ button.
7. Select Components
   • Check ‘MSYS2 development toolchain 2020-04-03’ option if you want to install ‘Development Kit’.
   • Click the ‘Next’ button.
8. Completing the Ruby 2.6.6-1-x64 with MSYS2 Setup Wizard
   • After confirming that the Ruby is installed, click the ‘Finish’ button.
9. Command Prompt
   • ‘Command Prompt’ window runs.
   • Press the ‘Enter’ key in the Command Prompt.
     • i.e. Which components shall be installed? If unsure press ENTER [1,3]
   • Press the ‘Enter’ key in the Command Prompt.
     • i.e. Which components shall be installed? If unsure press ENTER []
     • Then, ‘Command Prompt’ window closes.
10. Check that the Ruby is properly installed.
    • Run ‘Command Prompt’
11. Enter ‘ruby -v’ in the command prompt.
    • You can check the installed version of ‘Ruby’.
    • Enter ‘irb’ in the command prompt.
    • You can execute the IRB (Interactive Ruby).
    • Enter ‘exit()’ in the IRB prompt.
    • You can exit IRB.
12. Install Jekyll.
    • Run ‘Command Prompt’.
    • Enter ‘gem -v’ in the command prompt.
    • You can check the installed version of ‘gem’. – RubyGems is a package manager for the Ruby programming language.
    • Enter ‘gem install jekyll bundler’ in the command prompt.
    • Enter ‘jekyll -v’ in the command prompt.
    • You can check the installed version of ‘jekyll’.