Jekyll and the paginator gem
I’ve recently changed my main computer, and this resulted in the need to reinstall a lot of software, including Jekyll to run locally my blog.However, I was unable to start the usual
bundle exec jekyll serve command due to a traceback related to missing dependencies. The first fix was to include the jekyll Gem in the Gemfile file:
gem "jekyll"
Then I was able to start the local site, but all my posts have disappeared. Or better, they were there in the
_site_ directory, but they were not shown at all. I was able to directly render everyon with a specific link, but not to gain access to the list.
I noticed that the command was reporting a warning at startup:
% bundle exec jekyll serve
Configuration file: /home/luca/git/fluca1978.github.io/_config.yml
Deprecation: You appear to have pagination turned on, but you haven't included the `jekyll-paginate` gem. Ensure you have `plugins: [jekyll-paginate]` in your configuration file.
Source: /home/luca/git/fluca1978.github.io
The solution was to add the
plugins line into the .config.yml file, and to install it as a Gem.
So, as first step I modified the Gemfile adding the paginator plugin:
gem "jekyll-paginator"
and then I installed using
bundle:
% bundle install
Then I modified the
.config.yml file to include the plugins, please note the name of the paginator that is different from the Gem:
plugins: [jekyll-paginator]
and I was able to start my site again.