Missing Dependency: rdiscount

Question

I am trying to build a site using jekyll, I have install jekyll and as the next requirement I have also done sudo gem install rdiscount

Successfully installed rdiscount-2.1.7
Parsing documentation for rdiscount-2.1.7
Done installing documentation for rdiscount after 0 seconds
1 gem installed

but when I try to start the jekyll server I get the following error:

 $ [sudo] gem install rdiscount
  Conversion error: There was an error converting '_posts/1970-01-01-placeholder-post.md/#excerpt'.

             ERROR: YOUR SITE COULD NOT BE BUILT:
                    ------------------------------------
                    Missing dependency: rdiscount

Looks like it doesn't recognize the rdiscount, I am on a mac and use homebrew to do package management. I am not familiar with the ruby or rubygem language (Come from python background). What might be the issue here?

How did you install ruby, with sudo or without? Try `gem install rdiscount` without sudo. — Yi Zeng, Jan 05 '14 at 20:44
I am unable to instal without sudo because it give permission error. — add-semi-colons, Jan 06 '14 at 11:54
You might need to uninstall gems and reinstall without sudo? — Mauvis Ledford, Apr 15 '14 at 18:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 02 '14 at 16:57

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I got an answer from some blogs. You can try this:

$ gem install rdiscount

to install this package and try to build the server again.

edited Mar 02 '14 at 16:57

Jonas

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answered Mar 02 '14 at 16:36

kaka chen

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Came here from a google search. I know this didn't fix OP's issue but it did fix mine. – Mauvis Ledford Apr 15 '14 at 18:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '14 at 20:31

Generally the easiest way to ensure dependencies are correct is to use bundle. I thought this was in the Jekyll documentation but can't find it anymore. If you are already using this approach you will just need to add rdiscount to your Gemfile.

There is a guide on how to set it up for use with GitHub pages here. Depending on your requirements the github-pages gem may be fine to work with.

Missing Dependency: rdiscount

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