Setting up my Jekyll/Octopress site on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS virtual server.

Initial setup

Update System

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Install Git

sudo apt-get install git

Install Ruby using Ruby Version Manager

Ubuntu Server comes with Curl, so you won't need this (just know that Curl is needed):

sudo apt-get install curl

Install RVM:

\curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

And be sure to follow any subsequent instructions as guided by the installation process. For example, in my case, it was like this:

So, what does it say?

Add the following line to ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_login, whichever exists. .bash_profile exists in my case, so I edited it as suggested.
```
 source ~/.profile
```
Before you start using RVM, run the following command in all your open shell windows, then (it's best to) exit out of your shell session(s) and start up new one(s).
```
 source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
```

Read output of rvm requirements and rvm notes commands. So, I did (it's very very important, IMO).

As you can see rvm requirements command told me to do this:

 sudo apt-get update

 sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install bash curl git patch bzip2

 sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install build-essential openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev libgdbm-dev ncurses-dev automake libtool bison subversion pkg-config libffi-dev

Install Ruby 1.9.3 and the latest version of RubyGems:

rvm install 1.9.3
rvm use 1.9.3
rvm rubygems current

Run ruby --version to be sure you're using Ruby 1.9.3.

Setup Octopress

pwd  # In my case /home/aahan
git clone git://github.com/imathis/octopress.git octopress
cd octopress  # You'll be asked if you trust the '.rvmrc' file (hit 'y' - for yes).
ruby --version  # Should report Ruby 1.9.3

Install dependencies:

gem install bundler
bundle install

Install the default Octopress theme:

rake install

Basic Configuration

_config.yml - the main config. file that contains your Jekyll site's settings. Here's what I've changed in mine.

aahan/jekyll-octopress-setup.md

Initial setup

Basic Configuration

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