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Dian Pan
Dian Pan
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Posted by Dian Pan
Dian Pan
1,099 Points

When I try to verify that jekyll was installed, I receive the following error: -bash: jekyll: command not found

Here's my terminal history: ~ :> sudo gem install jekyll Password: Successfully installed jekyll-2.5.3 Parsing documentation for jekyll-2.5.3 Done installing documentation for jekyll after 1 seconds 1 gem installed ~ :> jekyll -v -bash: jekyll: command not found

Any idea why this is happening?

1 Answer

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
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Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

I'm not super familiar with Macs, but that error typically means that it wasn't added to the PATH environment variable. I'm not entirely sure how to do so on a Mac, but try updating Ruby gems first:

sudo gem update --system

If that doesn't work, take a look at this link. It might help.

Another link with someone who seems to have had the same problem as you are having now: link #2

Dian Pan
Dian Pan
1,099 Points
Dian Pan
Dian Pan
1,099 Points

that second link was just what I needed, thank you!