Install Jekyll with gem using Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux

This took awhile to figure out and actually install jekyll. However, with this handy guide of the errors I had, it won’t take long for future installations.

What is needed:

• sudo apt install ruby
• sudo apt install build-essential
• sudo apt install rubyx.y-dev (x.y is the version of ruby you have which can be found with ruby -v)

Finally:

• gem install jekyll
• sudo apt install build-essential (resolves the error: sh: make: not found)

Errors

To resolve the error:

• sh: make: not found
  • Run: sudo apt install build-essential
  • Resource: Install gem gives “Failed to build gem native extension.”
• Error while installing json gem ‘mkmf.rb can’t find header files for ruby’
  • Run: sudo apt install rubyx.y-dev (x.y is the version of ruby you have which can be found with ruby -v)
  • Resource: Error while installing json gem ‘mkmf.rb can’t find header files for ruby’