Did you ever hear how “great” Ruby is? If that is true, how come not many are (still) using it? Ruby is free software, i.e., it is free if you have free time! IMHO, Ruby’s most significant f*ing problem is “Just because version X works fine; version X+1 should work fine too!” Therefore, stick with version X until it is obsolete or vulnerable. Why use Ruby anyway? Because GitHub and GitHub Page were developed with it, so was Jekyll!

This page is about how to install Jekyll with Rbenv on a VirtualBox Debian Guest. Why Rbenv? Because This Is How Me Do It! If it works today, there is no warranty if it will still work the day after. Take it or leave it.

PS: For setting a VirtualBox Guest, visit https://osp4diss.vlsm.org/. I have spoken!

PART 1: SuperUser (root) Mode

VirtualBox Debian Guest Setting

Check how the NAT (Network Address Translation) redirects ports:

SSH: 127.0.0.1:6023 (host) to 10.0.2.15:22 (guest)
JEKYLL: 127.0.0.1:5000 (host) to 10.0.2.15:4000 (guest)

TAKE NOTE: Your NAT might be using other settings!

Settings in SuperUser (root) Mode

You need to have SuperUser (root) access for the first part of the installation. For the next part, just user privilege is needed.

assets/scripts/sources.list

Debian 11 (bullseye) package sources list file.

# REV04: Mon 04 Sep 2023 20:00
# REV03: Fri 16 Jun 2023 09:00
# REV02: Mon 31 Jan 2022 13:00
# REV01: Sat 29 Jan 2022 11:00
# START: Mon 15 Feb 2021 11:00

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm                  main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates          main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-proposed-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports        main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb https://security.debian.org/   bookworm-security         main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

You might “copy and paste” that file or fetch it with:

wget https://doit.vlsm.org/assets/scripts/sources.list

Compare it with the /etc/apt/sources.list file on your Virtual Guest.

diff sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list

You need to have SuperUser (root) privilege (“su -“ or “sudo su -“) to replace the “sources.list” file.

assets/scripts/clean-system.sh

This script (clean-system.sh) purges whatever was installed previously.

#!/bin/bash
# REV07: Fri 12 Aug 2022 21:00
# REV06: Wed 17 Feb 2021 11:00
# REV05: Tue 16 Feb 2021 00:00
# START: Tue 18 Jun 2019 14:00
#
# clean-system.sh purges whatever was installed previously at the system level.
#                       You need SuperUser (root) "su -" or "sudo su -" access.
#
# Copyright (C) 2019-2022 C. Binkadal, Sdn. Bhd.
# This is a free script. It is distributed in the
# hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
# without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

RMOPT="-rfv"

DELETE1="
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list
/tmp/this-should-be-a-dummy
"

DELETE2="
/usr/lib/ruby/
/usr/local/bin/update_rubygems
/usr/local/bin/bundle
/usr/local/bin/bundler
/usr/local/lib/site_ruby/
/usr/share/rubygems-integration/
/var/lib/gems/
/tmp/this-should-be-a-dummy
"

DELDEB="
   ruby
   ruby-all-dev
   ruby-dev
"

for II in $DELETE1 ; do
   [ -f $II ] && (echo "Delete file   $II"; rm $RMOPT $II)
   [ -d $II ] && (echo "Delete folder $II"; rm $RMOPT $II)
done

for II in $DELDEB ; do
   apt-get purge $II -y
done

apt-get update;
apt-get dist-upgrade -y;
apt-get autoremove --purge -y;
apt-get autoclean -y;

for II in $DELETE2 ; do
   [ -f $II ] && (echo "Delete file   $II"; rm $RMOPT $II)
   [ -d $II ] && (echo "Delete folder $II"; rm $RMOPT $II)
done

exit 0

You might “copy and paste” that file or fetch it with:

wget https://doit.vlsm.org/assets/scripts/clean-system.sh

You need to have SuperUser (root) privilege (“su -“ or “sudo su -“) to run the script:

bash clean-system.sh

Installing Debian Packages

assets/scripts/debs.sh

This script will install the packages

#!/bin/bash
# REV09: Fri 12 Aug 2022 21:00
# REV08: Wed 17 Feb 2021 23:00
# REV07: Wed 17 Feb 2021 11:00
# START: Tue 18 Jun 2019 14:00
#
# debs.sh installs related debian packages.
#         You need SuperUser (root) "su -" or "sudo su -" access.
#
# Copyright (C) 2019-2022 C. BinKadal, Sdn. Bhd.
# This is a free script. It is distributed in the
# hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
# without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
# or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

DEBS1="
autoconf
bison 
build-essential
cmdtest
curl
dirmngr
git
gnupg
libcurl4-openssl-dev
libffi-dev 
libgdbm-dev
libncurses5-dev 
libreadline-dev
libssl-dev
libsqlite3-dev 
libyaml-dev 
libxml2-dev
libxslt1-dev
locales-all
make
nodejs
sqlite3
software-properties-common
x11-apps
zlib1g-dev
"

echo "====== UPDATE  ==========";
apt-get update;
echo "====== UPGRADE ==========";
apt-get dist-upgrade -y;
echo "====== INSTALL1 =========";
apt-get install $DEBS1 -y

echo "====== REMOVE  ==========";
apt-get autoremove --purge -y;
echo "====== CLEAN   ==========";
apt-get autoclean -y;

exit 0

You might “copy and paste” that file or fetch it with:

wget https://doit.vlsm.org/assets/scripts/debs.sh

You need to have SuperUser (root) privilege (“su -“ or “sudo su -“) to run the script.

bash debs.sh

NEXT: PART2: User Mode