Simple way to install Jekyll on your Ubuntu based distro

install-jekyll.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if script is run as sudo/root
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then 
    # https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/automatically-re-start-script-root-0
    sudo -p 'Restarting as root, password: ' bash $0 "$@"
    exit $?
    #echo "Please rerun script with 'sudo ./serversetup.sh'"
    #exit 1
fi 

if ($( ruby -v > /dev/null )) ; then
  echo "Ruby installed response succsess!!!"
else
  echo "Please install Ruby and make sure ruby -v works" 
  exit 1
fi

if ($( gem -v > /dev/null )) ; then
  echo "gem installed response succsess!!!"
else
  echo "Please install and make sure gem -v works" 
  exit 1
fi

if ($( g++ -v 2> /dev/null )) ; then
  echo "g++ installed response succsess!!!"
else
  echo "Please install g++ and ensure g++ -v works" 
  exit 1
fi

if ($( make -v > /dev/null )) ; then
  echo "Make installed response succsess!!!"
else
  echo "Please install make and ensure make -v works" 
  exit 1
fi

# Install prerequisites
sudo apt-get install ruby-full build-essential zlib1g-dev

# add items to bash aliases
echo '# Install Ruby Gems to ~/gems' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export GEM_HOME="$HOME/gems"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/gems/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# make $HOME/gems folder
mkdir -p $HOME/gems

gem install jekyll bundler