Contents

1. Install homebrew
1. 1.1. Install brew cask
  1. 1.1.1. Install nodejs and git with brew cask
2. Install hexo3
1. 2.1. Configuration
3. Enjoy

This is a deployment in MAC, but the most parts are also fit for Windows and Linux

Install homebrew

(This is a package manager of the OSX, which would be familiared if you ever used linux like Ubuntu)

1	ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Install brew cask

(It’s a binary package manger)

1	$ brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask

Install nodejs and git with brew cask

1	$ brew cask install node git

Install hexo3

$ sudo npm install hexo-cli -g
$ hexo init blog
$ cd blog
$ npm install

Configuration

Change the theme

Recommend the Jacman, you can get details in his documents.

Configure the _config.yml

This is the configure file of hexo which locate in the root directory of blog fold

You need to modificate these two below

# Site
title: # Your blog's name
subtitle:
description:
author: # Your name
language:
timezone:
# Deployment
deploy:
type: # git or others
repository: # git@github.com:yourname/yourname.github.io.git
branch: master

Extensions and Plugins

As default, Hexo3 doesn’t have Git and RSS plugins, so try these two commands below to install them

1 2	$ npm install hexo-deployer-git --save $ npm install hexo-generator-feed --save

For more plugins, go to this site

Write and publish your articles

You can write articles in markdown editor(recommend Macdown or Sublime Text3) and put them in blog/source/_posts fold

You can use these commands below to preview or publish

1 2	$ hexo server # Preview $ hexo g -d # Generate and deploy(Publish)

If you get the erro like “Cannot find module ‘./build/default/DTraceProviderBindings’”, try

1	$ npm install hexo --no-optional

You can find more other detailes in This

Jeff

Hexo3 setup