Jekyll: Live Reload On Windows 10

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    Live reload issue solved when running Jekyll on Windows 10.

    Used:

    • windows 10 version 2004 (OS Build 19041.1237)
    • ruby 2.6.5p114 (2019-10-01 revision 67812) [x64-mingw32]
    • jekyll 3.9.0

    Issue

    When attempting to use live reload on Windows 10 (bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload), encountered the following error,

    problem in eventmachine 1.2.7 (x64-mingw32)

    1Unable to load the EventMachine C extension; To use the pure-ruby reactor, require "em/pure_ruby"
2C:/tools/ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/eventmachine-1.2.5-x64-mingw32/lib/rubyeventmachine.rb:2:in `require': cannot load such file -- 2.4/rubyeventmachine (LoadError)
3	from C:/tools/ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/eventmachine-1.2.5-x64-mingw32/lib/rubyeventmachine.rb:2:in `<top (required)>'
4	from C:/tools/ruby24/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/eventmachine-1.2.5-x64-mingw32/lib/eventmachine.rb:8:in `require'

    {: lang=“bash”}

    Solution

    Remove eventmachine

    1gem uninstall eventmachine

    {: lang=“bash”}

    Add gem 'eventmachine', '~> 1.0.0' in Gemfile to downgrade eventmachine-1.2.7 to eventmachine-1.0.9.1

    Re-generate Gem package

    1bundle install
2bundle update eventmachine

    {: lang=“bash”}

    then run livereload it’s working fine.👌

    1bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload

    {: lang=“bash”}