# Jekyll installation problems

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-installation-problems/5436>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 1, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-installation-problems/5436 "2021-01-01T12:50:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![enlil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@enlil](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/enlil)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-installation-problems/5436/1 "2021-01-01T12:50:46Z")

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I’m new to Jekyll and as I was installing it for the first time on Kali Linux, I got the following message:  
jekyll new portfolio  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
10: from /home/enlil/gems/bin/jekyll:23:in `<main>' 9: from /home/enlil/gems/bin/jekyll:23:in `load’  
8: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/jekyll-4.2.0/exe/jekyll:11:in `<top (required)>' 7: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/jekyll-4.2.0/lib/jekyll/plugin_manager.rb:52:in `require\_from\_bundler’  
6: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler.rb:149:in `setup' 5: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:26:in `setup’  
4: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:26:in `map' 3: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/spec_set.rb:147:in `each’  
2: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/spec\_set.rb:147:in `each' 1: from /var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:31:in `block in setup’  
/var/lib/gems/2.7.0/gems/bundler-2.1.4/lib/bundler/runtime.rb:312:in `check_for_activated_spec!': You have already activated eventmachine 1.3.0.dev.1, but your Gemfile requires eventmachine 1.2.7. Prepending `bundle exec` to your command may solve this. (Gem::LoadError)

I tried reinstalling the bundle but to no avail. I would like to get some help on this issue. Why it ins’t installing?

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**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-installation-problems/5436/2 "2021-01-01T13:23:43Z")

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Looks like there’s a Gemfile in the directory.  
Change your directory to be up one level and try running `jekyll new portfolio` again:

```nohighlight
cd ..
jekyll new portfolio

```

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**Author:** ![enlil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/76d3ee/32.png) [@enlil](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/enlil)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/jekyll-installation-problems/5436/3 "2021-01-01T13:37:44Z")

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Thanks a lot! I will give it a try.