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HTML Build a Blog with Jekyll and GitHub Pages Getting Started with Jekyll Creating a Jekyll Project

Mike Anthony
Mike Anthony
3,815 Points
Posted by Mike Anthony
Mike Anthony
3,815 Points

jekyll serve error: Liquid Exception: No such file or directory

I installed Python but still get this error when I try and run jekyll serve, any idea how to resolve?

Liquid Exception: No such file or directory - python C:/Ruby22/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/pygments.rb-0.6.3/lib/pygments/mentos.py in _posts/2015-06-05-welcome-to-jekyll.markdown

thanks in advance!

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

If you type 'python --version' in the cmd shell what output do you get?

2 Answers

Juan P. Prado
Juan P. Prado
70,483 Points
Juan P. Prado
Juan P. Prado
70,483 Points

I was having the following error while working on Windows 8.1 with Python 3.4.2: "Liquid Exception: Failed to get header. in" I fixed it by installing Python 2.7 via the installer

Mike Anthony
Mike Anthony
3,815 Points
Mike Anthony
Mike Anthony
3,815 Points

Python 2.7 install worked, thanks all.