Error in deployment: 'The github-pages gem can't satisfy your Gemfile's dependencies.'

[cloybar]

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Bug description

Webpage does not deploy

How to reproduce the bug

I created a new proyect by forking the main al-folio proyect. Then, following the README.md, I sync one the local repo with the one of github, getting a deploy error. As it suggested, I ran gem install bundler:2.5.7' andbundle install` to update the gems. Since then, I am getting the same error, even though the gems that they say are missing, can be found on the Gemfile.

Error messages and logs

Error:  Logging at level: debug Configuration file: /github/workspace/./_config.yml GitHub Pages: github-pages v231 GitHub Pages: jekyll v3.9.5 Theme: jekyll-theme-primer Theme source: /usr/local/bundle/gems/jekyll-theme-primer-0.6.0 Requiring: jekyll-github-metadata Requiring: jekyll-seo-tag Requiring: jekyll-feed Requiring: jekyll-sitemap Requiring: jemoji Requiring: jekyll-coffeescript Requiring: jekyll-commonmark-ghpages Requiring: jekyll-gist Requiring: jekyll-github-metadata Requiring: jekyll-paginate Requiring: jekyll-relative-links Requiring: jekyll-optional-front-matter Requiring: jekyll-readme-index Requiring: jekyll-default-layout Requiring: jekyll-titles-from-headings GitHub Metadata: Initializing... Source: /github/workspace/. Destination: /github/workspace/./_site Incremental build: disabled. Enable with --incremental Generating... EntryFilter: excluded /CONTRIBUTING.md EntryFilter: excluded /docker-compose-slim.yml EntryFilter: excluded /Gemfile EntryFilter: excluded /README.md EntryFilter: excluded /LICENSE EntryFilter: excluded /FAQ.md EntryFilter: excluded /Gemfile.lock EntryFilter: excluded /INSTALL.md EntryFilter: excluded /package.json EntryFilter: excluded /Dockerfile EntryFilter: excluded /package-lock.json EntryFilter: excluded /purgecss.config.js EntryFilter: excluded /CUSTOMIZE.md EntryFilter: excluded /docker-compose.yml Reading: _posts/2024-04-29-typograms.md Reading: _posts/2023-05-12-custom-blockquotes.md Reading: _posts/2023-04-24-videos.md Reading: _posts/2023-03-21-tables.md Reading: _posts/2015-10-20-disqus-comments.md Reading: _posts/2018-12-22-distill.md Reading: _posts/2020-09-28-github-metadata.md Reading: _posts/2023-12-12-tikzjax.md Reading: _posts/2015-03-15-formatting-and-links.md Reading: _posts/2022-12-10-giscus-comments.md Reading: _posts/2023-07-12-post-bibliography.md Reading: _posts/2023-04-25-sidebar-table-of-contents.md Reading: _posts/2024-01-27-advanced-images.md Reading: _posts/2024-01-26-geojson-map.md Reading: _posts/2020-09-28-twitter.md Reading: _posts/2015-10-20-math.md Reading: _posts/2023-03-20-table-of-contents.md Reading: _posts/2023-04-25-audios.md Reading: _posts/2024-01-27-code-diff.md Reading: _posts/2022-02-01-redirect.md Reading: _posts/2021-07-04-diagrams.md Reading: _posts/2015-05-15-images.md Reading: _posts/2024-04-28-post-citation.md Reading: _posts/2023-07-04-jupyter-notebook.md Reading: _posts/2024-01-26-chartjs.md Reading: _posts/2024-01-26-echarts.md Reading: _posts/2024-01-27-vega-lite.md Reading: _posts/2015-07-15-code.md Reading: _posts/2024-04-15-pseudocode.md Reading: _posts/2024-05-01-tabs.md EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/al-folio-preview.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/publications.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/photos-screenshot.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/math.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/dark.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/jupyter.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/people.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/code.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/blog.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/distill.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/cv.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/repositories.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/light.png EntryFilter: excluded /readme_preview/projects.png EntryFilter: excluded /lighthouse_results/mobile EntryFilter: excluded /lighthouse_results/desktop EntryFilter: excluded /_pages/about_einstein.md EntryFilter: excluded /bin/deploy EntryFilter: excluded /bin/entry_point.sh EntryFilter: excluded /bin/cibuild Reading: _news/announcement_2.md Reading: _news/announcement_3.md Reading: _news/announcement_1.md Reading: _projects/9_project.md Reading: _projects/5_project.md Reading: _projects/1_project.md Reading: _projects/7_project.md Reading: _projects/2_project.md Reading: _projects/3_project.md Reading: _projects/4_project.md Reading: _projects/6_project.md Reading: _projects/8_project.md Generating: JekyllOptionalFrontMatter::Generator finished in 6.3968e-05 seconds. Generating: JekyllReadmeIndex::Generator finis

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The github-pages gem can't satisfy your Gemfile's dependencies. If you want to use a different Jekyll version or need additional dependencies, consider building Jekyll site with GitHub Actions: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/continuous-integration/github-a

What operating system are you using?

Windows

EDIT: I have the same error in Github

Where are you seeing the problem on?

Deployed site

More info

I already had a deployed site following a video tutorial (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6AJ9qPPoyc). So, I already had some of the stuff installed needed.

EDIT: I started from scratch and followed the recommended approach, but I get the exact same error for the deployment straight away after creating the repo and updating the file _config.yml

[george-gca]

You should follow the recommended approach to the line. If you follow the recommended steps, you'll only do 2 changes in _config.yml (among with other configuration steps on GitHub) and the site should be live and working. Then, and only then, you try to do stuff on your machine and further customizations.

[SwayStar123]

You should follow the recommended approach to the line. If you follow the recommended steps, you'll only do 2 changes in _config.yml (among with other configuration steps on GitHub) and the site should be live and working. Then, and only then, you try to do stuff on your machine and further customizations.

I have made no changes to the config other than changing the url to my username, and making baseurl blank, also followed all the settings instructions, but i still get that same error. I havent changed any other file

[george-gca]

Can you paste your error log again, but this time between 3 ticks? This way it is is unreadable, as it is a one liner.

Edit: taking a quick look at it, it is stating about dependencies that we do not have. Are you sure you are using our template?

[Siyuan-Shen]

Same error here.

[george-gca]

Install strictly following the recommended approach. Only AFTER the site is up and running you should clone and start modifying it.

[cloybar]

You should follow the recommended approach to the line. If you follow the recommended steps, you'll only do 2 changes in _config.yml (among with other configuration steps on GitHub) and the site should be live and working. Then, and only then, you try to do stuff on your machine and further customizations.

Thanks, I started from scratch. I installed WSL, however, I am getting an error deployment right after modifying the file _config.yml at a github level. I guess I should open another issue with this problem...

[cloybar]

EDIT: it worked now on the first step :)

Thanks for everything.

[hansfarrell]

I believe I am encountering a similar issue as this, when I initially created the repository and the initial commit fails, particularly on the pages build and deployment workflow in the Actions tab. I am following exactly what the recommended approach suggests, and my repo doesn't deploy the site. The workflow fails because

Warning: The github-pages gem can't satisfy your Gemfile's dependencies. If you want to use a different Jekyll version or need additional dependencies, consider building Jekyll site with GitHub Actions: https://jekyllrb.com/docs/continuous-integration/github-actions/ 

Any help on this?

[george-gca]

This is a warning, so the build doesn't fail because of that. Check your full stacktrace for an error message.

[dylanmikesell]

I also had this issue. I think that in the recommended approach section you might want to be more explicit by what you mean by leave baseurl blank. I think many of us are doing the following.

baseurl: /

which builds, but it does not look right. The first time you build, you really need baseurl:

Then you if you change it to baseurl: / or baseurl: everything is fine and the site has the correct theme.

Thus, I am not sure if something extra happens when it is baseurl: the first time. Maybe someone else discovered this too.

[george-gca]

We accept suggestion on how to better write this part. There are already a lot of issues and questions about the problem that is not setting correctly the baseurl and mostly of them already answered, but this seems to keep coming back.

[hansfarrell]

The problem is, after I first created a new repository based on this template and named it .github.io, the initial commit of the repository fails, particularly in the Actions > pages build and deployment. Then, I changed the workflow permission based on the instruction to Read and Write permissions, but nothing changes. (The picture I attached is the Actions tab before I changed the workflow permission from the settings, but it doesn't change afterwards too)

[george-gca]

Just checked your page and it seems that everything is working now. In this case, if you manage to figure how to fix yourself, it would be useful to share the answer here so others might benefit from it.

[KalebCole]

I am also getting this issue. I have followed the video tutorial outlined in INSTALL.md, where I make updates to config.yml through the GitHub browser. I made changes locally, but have since reset to the last commit from the forked repo.

I have tried both base_url: / base_url:

Neither seems to work because I keep failing the GitHub actions build job in the workflow.

I get a dependency error in the logs

[george-gca]

Your error is related to not setting the deployment branch correctly, as specified in the FAQ.

[KalebCole]

I agree that I would need the deployment branch to be gh-pages, but I'm confused on if I do this manually.

From my understanding of the INSTALL.md,, this job would be done for me in the GitHub Actions pipeline. But, I am failing the GitHub Actions pipeline that is supposed to do that for me (I think).

Do I need to manually create the branch and then set the deployment branch as gh-pages in GitHub?