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HTML Build a Blog with Jekyll and GitHub Pages Getting Started with Jekyll Installing Jekyll

Posted by Thomas Brushel
Thomas Brushel
11,713 Points

ERROR INSTALLING JEKYLL PLEASE HELP!!!!!

In my Terminal I input: sudo gem install jekyll and this is the error message I got

Last login: Thu Aug 13 21:18:14 on ttys001 thomass-mbp-2:~ TJB$ sudo gem install jekyll Building native extensions. This could take a while... ERROR: Error installing jekyll: ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/bin/ruby extconf.rb

mkmf.rb can't find header files for ruby at /System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/2.0/usr/lib/ruby/include/ruby.h

Gem files will remain installed in /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/yajl-ruby-1.2.1 for inspection. Results logged to /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/yajl-ruby-1.2.1/ext/yajl/gem_make.out thomass-mbp-2:~ TJB$ sudo apt-get install ruby-dev sudo: apt-get: command not found thomass-mbp-2:~ TJB$

1 Answer

Sascha Bratton
Sascha Bratton
3,671 Points
Sascha Bratton
Sascha Bratton
3,671 Points

Looks like you need to install ruby-dev first. You tried that but got command not found for apt-get?

What operating system are you running?

Thomas Brushel
Thomas Brushel
11,713 Points

Thank you for the fast reply Sascha Bratton, Im on a MAC.

Sascha Bratton
Sascha Bratton
3,671 Points
Sascha Bratton
Sascha Bratton
3,671 Points

That's why apt-get, which is a Linux package manager, isn't working for you.

Try installing Xcode from the App Store.

Beyond that, you may need to enable Command Line Tools by installing them from in Xcode under Preferences > Downloads > Components.

Let me know if that works for you.