How to Install Hexo CMS (Node.js) on Ubuntu Linux

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The post explains the process of installing Hexo, a simple and fast blogging framework on Ubuntu. It starts with prerequisites, like installing Ruby and Node.js, and then proceeds to install Hexo. Hexo supports all GitHub markdown features, Octopress plugins, and even Jade and CoffeeScript via its plugin system. It’s user-friendly, requiring no knowledge of templating…

Hexo is a simple and fast blog framework. It is built for speed and is excellent for anyone who wants to develop simple websites and blogs. Hexo supports all GitHub markdown features and uses Octopress plugins.

Hexo can easily be extended via its powerful plugin system, which also supports Jade and CoffeeScript plugins.

Using Hexo to edit your content on the web should be easy and fun. No need to learn templating and HTML. It hides most of that stuff and focuses on what matters most.

For more about Hexo, check its homepage.

These are the packages we’re going to set up.

  • Ruby version 2.5.3
  • Node.js 8

Install Ruby

To install Ruby on Ubuntu, you’ll need to install some dependencies. To make that happen, install Node.js and Yarn repositories. This will make installing the dependencies easier.

First, install these curl and git packages.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl git

Then, run the commands below to add Node.js and Yarn repositories and keys to your system. Then, install some core packages to get your environment going.

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
curl -sS https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://dl.yarnpkg.com/debian/ stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.list

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs yarn zlib1g-dev build-essential libpq-dev libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev software-properties-common libffi-dev

When you’re done, Continue below:

After adding the repositories and installing the necessary packages above, install Ruby with your local profile settings using rbenv. You’ll then use rbenv to install ruby-build.

cd ~/
git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv.git ~/.rbenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL

git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git ~/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.rbenv/plugins/ruby-build/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
exec $SHELL

After setting up your local profile, run the commands below to install Ruby version 2.5.3. If a newer version is available, replace the version number with that. Then, visit this site to find out about Ruby’s latest versions.

rbenv install 2.5.3
rbenv global 2.5.3

To verify that Ruby is installed, run the commands below:

ruby -v

You should see similar lines below:

ruby 2.5.3p105 (2018-10-18 revision 65156) [x86_64-linux]

The steps above install Ruby on Ubuntu. Continue below to install Hexo.

Install Node.js

Now that the Ruby environment is set up run the commands below to install Node.js. First, run the commands below to install the Node.js repository, then install the Node.js package.

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

Now that Node.js is installed, run the commands below to install Hexo.

Install Hexo

Now that your environment is ready run the commands below to install Hexo globally and build your projects. The following command will create a new project folder called Hexo in your home directory.

You can name it whatever you like.

sudo npm install hexo-cli -g
cd ~/
hexo init hexo

After creating the project folder, change it and start the server.

cd hexo
sudo npm install
hexo server

After a while, necessary packages should be installed and configured, ready to use.

http://localhost:4000

You should see Hexo’s home page.

Enjoy!

Congratulation! You have successfully installed Hexo on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 | 18.10

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