Windows Installation, Jekyll - Static Site Generator

Prerequisites Required

1. Ruby version 2.5.0 or higher
2. RubyGems
3. GCC and Make

Step 1 : Download Ruby Installer

Go to the official site of Ruby and download Ruby version 2.5.0 or higher. And make sure that you download the ruby “WITH DEVKIT”.(Ruby)

Step 2 : Run Ruby Installer

1. Browse the location of “Ruby Installer” and then run the setup by double clicking it.

2. Accept the Terms and condition and click “Next”.

3. Select the Installation destination and then click “Install”

4. Makes sure “MSY2 development toolchain” is checked and then click “Next”

5. By default “Run ‘ridk install’ to setup MSYS2 and development toolchain” is checked . Leave this checked and then click “finish”.

6. A black command line labelled as “Ruby Installer 2 for windows “ provides three different option to be installed. Select the components to be installed and if unsure then install both 1 and 3.

7. Once you are done with all installation, please close the installer.

Step 3 : Verify the Ruby version

Open the terminal and run command ruby -v. If the system shows your installed ruby version then you are good to go.