How To Install jekyll on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jekyll on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is jekyll
jekyll is:
Jekyll is a simple, blog aware, static site generator. It takes a template directory (representing the raw form of a website), runs it through Textile or Markdown and Liquid converters, and spits out a complete, static website suitable for serving with Apache or your favorite web server.
This is also the engine behind GitHub Pages (http://pages.github.com), which you can use to host your project’s page or blog right here from GitHub.
There are lot of plugins available and only the most common ones are suggested by the package. Look for more using ‘jekyll plugin’.
There are three methods to install jekyll on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install jekyll Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jekyll using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jekyll
Install jekyll Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jekyll using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jekyll
Install jekyll Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install jekyll using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jekyll
How To Uninstall jekyll on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the jekyll package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jekyll
Uninstall jekyll And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jekyll and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jekyll
Remove jekyll Configurations and Data
To remove jekyll configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jekyll
Remove jekyll configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jekyll configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jekyll
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jekyll package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
