This is the documentation for my YouTube video, titled "Install Jekyll on Apple Silicon"

Video: Install Jekyll on Apple Silicon

Install homebrew

Think of Homebrew as an app store for the command line. Everything you install for Jekyll will be free and open source.

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Finalize homebrew

Note: be sure to replace [username] with the username you use on your Mac.

echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/[yourusername]/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
export SDKROOT=$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)

Install Ruby 3.0.x

You can see the version of Ruby pre-installed with your Mac, by typing:

ruby -v

You will need to install your own copy of Ruby using Homebrew with the following command:

brew install ruby@3.0

Finalzie the Ruby installation

Type:

echo $SHELL

The result will be zsh or bash

For zsh, type:

echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

For bash, type:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/X.X.0/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

Type:

exit

Quit terminal

Run terminal again and type:

ruby -v

(make sure it is ruby 3.0.x)

Install Jekyll and Bundler

Type:

gem install --user-install bundler jekyll

Type:

echo $SHELL

For zsh, type:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/3.0.0/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc

For bash, type:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/3.0.0/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

Type:

gem env

Look for the "GEM PATHS" section and make sure they all refer to 3.0.0

Create a folder for your new Jekyll site

Type:

cd desktop
mkdir jekylltest
cd jekylltest

If you are even thinking of using Git, create a .gitignore file

Create a .gitignore file at the rooy of your jekylltest folder

Add the following lines to the file:

_site/
.sass-cache/
.jekyll-cache/
.jekyll-metadata
.bundle/
vendor/

# optional for macs:
**/.DS_Store

Create a Jekyll site based on the default Minima theme

You will create a Jekyll site based on the default Minima theme that ships with Jekyll. If you want to choose a different type of site (different theme, blank site, etc), follow this link: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/usage

Type:

bundle init
bundle add jekyll --version "~>4.2"
bundle config set --local path 'vendor/bundle'
bundle install
bundle exec jekyll new --force --skip-bundle .
bundle add webrick
bundle install
bundle update

Run the Jekyll site

bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload

Copy the resulting URL (it usually ends in 4000) Paste the text into a browser The site should run!