How to install hugo

Go to the realease page, https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases

Download the extended version 64bit zip file.

extract in program files and the folder into Path variable.

Installing Hugo in Windows With Scoope Package Manager

Install Scoope

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser iwr -useb get.scoop.sh | iex

scoop install git openssh go hugo-extended

Installing Hugo

Create the directory if needed

mkdir -p ~/bin

Change directory to /home/bin

cd ~/bin

Download tar ball from here

Release Page

side Note: Always download the extended version.

Extract the tarball

tar -xvzf ~/Downloads/hugo_X.Y_osx-64bit.tgz

Verify that it runs

./hugo version

This will be the output Hugo Static Site Generator v0.13 BuildDate: 2015-02-22T04:02:30-06:00

Check if hugo is in the path

which hugo

This will be output /Users/USERNAME/bin/hugo

Path will be added automatically so check it before adding path to file.

Adding Hugo to the PATH

First try to add in this file and then check. nano ~/.bash_profile If not work try to add the PATH in this file. sudo nano .bashrc export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin