This post is still a work in progress as of 04/18/2024

1. Create a new Hyper-V VM installing Ubuntu 22.04
2. Run updates for Ubuntu (reboot if necessary)
3. Install GIT

   sudo apt install git

4. Install Bundler

   sudo apt install bundler

5. Install RBEnv to allow for multiple versions of Ruby
6. Install Jekyll GEM
7. Install other required libraries

   sudo apt install libvips-tools

8. Create a projects directory via a terminal:

   mkdir projects

9. Navigate into the project directory:

   cd projects

10. Clone the JekyllExample repository, from a Terminal in Ubunty type

    git clone https://github.com/ChrisHammond/jekyllexample.github.io.git

11. Navigate into the new directory

    cd jekyllexample.github.io

12. Run the following terminal command to get everything installed properly

    bundle install

13. Run Jekyll to start a local webserver

    bundle exec jekyll serve

14. Browse to http://127.0.0.1:4000 in your web browser

Next steps:

1. If you have a large repository, or a large number of repositories, you might run out of disk space on your Hyper-V VM, if that’s the case check out this tutorial for how to expand your Ubuntu disk.
2. Install Homebrew and Git Credential Manager

   /bin/bash -c “$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)”

brew tap microsoft/git brew install –cask git-credential-manager-core