jekyll server error no such file or directory @ rb_sysopen

Question

Operate System：windows 8.1
Jekyll version: jekyll 2.5.0
python version: 2.7.8
gem -v: 2.2.2

When I run jekyll server output:

jekyll 2.5.0 | Error:  No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/404.html

Detail

Configuration file: D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_config.yml
Source: D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com
Destination: D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_site
Generating...

Error reading file D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_layouts/default.html: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_layouts/default.html

Error reading file D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_layouts/page.html: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_layouts/page.html

Error reading file D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_layouts/post.html: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_layouts/post.html

Error reading file D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_posts/core-samples/2011-12-29-jekyll-introduction.md: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - D:/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/GitHub/kanlei.github.com/_posts/core-samples/2011-12-29-jekyll-introduction.md

Answer 1

I got the same error. Seems that jekyll 2.5.0 is not compatible with all the others.

Try running this

gem uninstall jekyll

gem install  jekyll -v 2.4.0

and then build the site again

This method worked for me

Answer 2

I've had the same problem, and been looking for solution, but it seems that it is a problem with the 2.5.0 version of jekyll, for Windows specifically. I think.

There's already been an issue reported at: https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll/issues/3068

For now, the only workaround i can find is downgrading to jekyll 2.4.0 just as namam posted.

And wait for a fix or a better workaround for 2.5.0