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+# Setup Jekyll from Scratch on a New Linux System
+
+2022-09-19
+
+**Special Note:** Credit needs to be given to user [Achraf JEDAY](https://stackoverflow.com/users/4974784/achraf-jeday) for putting these instructions together on Stack Overflow (although his comments were targeting an older version of Ruby). This post is more for my own personal notes than anything else.
+
+I find myself constantly running into small issues when trying to setup existing Jekyll projects on new Linux systems. I *could* use something like Docker, but that just seems so beefy and slow to me. So here is a step-by-step way (and foolproof from my own testing) to get Jekyll running smoothly in no time!
+
+## Figuring out Ruby First
+
+The first item of business is removing the default Ruby that ships with most Linux distros:
+
+
+    sudo apt-get remove ruby
+
+
+Then we check for updates and install everything we need:
+
+
+    sudo apt update
+    sudo apt install git curl libssl-dev libreadline-dev zlib1g-dev autoconf bison build-essential libyaml-dev libreadline-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev libgdbm-dev
+
+
+Now we can install `rbenv` and `ruby-build`:
+
+
+    curl -sL https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv-installer/raw/main/bin/rbenv-installer | bash -
+
+
+After both of those install, you will want to add those to your system **PATH**:
+
+### Bash
+
+
+    echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
+    echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
+    source ~/.bashrc
+
+
+### ZSH
+
+
+    echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
+    echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
+    source ~/.zshrc
+
+
+With that complete, we can now install the version of Ruby we wish to use and set it globally (at this time of writing it is `3.1.2`):
+
+
+    rbenv install 3.1.2
+    rbenv global 3.1.2
+
+
+And `rehash` so our changes take:
+
+
+    rbenv rehash
+
+
+Now you should see the properly set Ruby version when you run the following:
+
+
+    ruby -v
+
+
+## Getting Ruby Gems
+
+In case you don't have it installed already, be sure to grab `rubygems`:
+
+
+    sudo apt install rubygems
+
+
+## Running Jekyll
+
+We are almost done! Navigate to your Jekyll project's directory and run:
+
+
+    gem install jekyll bundler
+    bundle install
+
+
+That's it! Now if you run `bundle exec jekyll serve` you'll find your Jekyll project running locally! Hopefully this helps others when needing to port any Jekyll projects over to a new Linux system. I know it will save me time!
+
+## Alpine Linux on Wayland
+
+Save yourself a world of trouble: just use `docker`. The docker image below (jekyll-serve) works out-of-the-box:
+
+[https://github.com/BretFisher/jekyll-serve](https://github.com/BretFisher/jekyll-serve)
+
+Then run the following inside your project:
+
+
+    docker run -p 4000:4000 -v $(pwd):/site bretfisher/jekyll-serve
+