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+title: "Setting Up Jekyll on Windows"
+date: 2022-09-02
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+I've recently been playing around with using Windows 10 as my daily operating system. So far, it has been going fairly well. Nothing will probably ever feel as "optimized" as running a Linux-based system but it works well for my current needs. Getting a Jekyll development environment setup was a different story though...
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+One of the first issues with using Windows 10 is the need to run a few of my open source projects that are built off Jekyll locally. This process initially seemed a like complex process to get things running smoothly but in the end was very straightforward. The main issue came from needing to bounce around through a handful of separate tutorials to get everything running smoothly.
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+So, I thought I would make this quick write-up to help those in the same situation (or even for my future self the need arises). Let's get into it.
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+## WSL
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+The first step involves installing [WSL](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install) in order to run Linux alongside the main Windows OS. The documentation is well written and will get you up-and-running in no time. For quick reference, it essentially comes down to:
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+1. Opening PowerShell or Command Prompt as an administrator
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+2. Installing via the command: `wsl --install`
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+3. Restarting your machine after the install completes
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+4. Creating your UNIX username and password
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+## Installing Ruby & Dependencies
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+Once logged into your UNIX terminal session (with your created user) you can begin installing everything we need for Jekyll to work properly. The first step is to installing `rvm` and the [official project documentation](https://github.com/rvm/ubuntu_rvm) does a very good job of walking you through this.
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+- Be sure dependencies as installed: `sudo apt-get install software-properties-common`
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+- Add the PPA and install the package:
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+    sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:rael-gc/rvm
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install rvm
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+- Add your existing user to the `rvm` group: `sudo usermod -a -G rvm $USER`
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+You will need to close and restart your session to your Ubuntu system for these changes to take. After that, we can use `rvm` to install the latest version (at this time of writing) of ruby:
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+    rvm install 3.1.2
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+That's it!
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+## Jekyll - Finally!
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+The final step is to update our gems and install Jekyll:
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+    gem update
+    gem install jekyll bundler
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+Once complete you can now run your Jekyll projects locally through WSL! Nothing ground-breaking but still pretty helpful for first-time users. And best of all, at least I have a good reference point in the future if I ever run into this issue again!
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