Set up Jekyll environment on macOS
Set Ruby, Bundler and Jekyll on macOS Silicon
This guide is for macOS Catalina and is based on the Jekyll on macOS doc and my experience.
Install dev tools
Use the XCode CLI to install dev tools. Recommended so that you can install native extensions when installing gems.
xcode-select --install
Install homebrew
Think of Homebrew as an app store for the command line. Everything you install for Jekyll will be free and open source.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
Note: be sure to replace [username] with the username you use on your Mac.
echo 'eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"' >> /Users/[yourusername]/.zprofile
eval "$(/opt/homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"
export SDKROOT=$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)
Install Ruby
You can see the version of Ruby pre-installed with your Mac, by typing:
ruby -v
Your system already has a Ruby installed, but its version and gems are locked in Catalina. So here we install another Ruby using Homebrew.
brew install ruby
Ruby configuration path
Type:
echo $SHELL
The result will be zsh or bash.
For zsh, type:
echo 'export PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
For bash, type:
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/X.X.0/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
X.X.0 is the version of Ruby you installed with Homebrew or open /Users/[yourusername]/.gem/ruby to check out the folder version you have installed.
Type:
exit
Quit terminal
Run terminal again and type:
ruby -v
You will see the version of Ruby has updated.
Install Jekyll and Bundler
Type:
gem install --user-install bundler jekyll
echo $SHELL
For zsh, type:
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/[ruby_latest_version_folder_name]/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
For bash, type:
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.gem/ruby/[ruby_latest_version_folder_name]/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
Type:
gem env
Look for the “GEM PATHS” section and make sure they all refer to your latest Ruby version folder.
Other issues
libffi or ffi_c missing
If you run into issues installing or running because of libffi or ffi_c missing, you can try these:
brew install libffi
gem install ffi --user-install
# Or
sudo gem install ffi
Could not open library ‘glib-2.0.0’
brew install vips
