2. Downloading the tarball and installing from it is also easy. You have to have a few more command line skills. Updates are easy, too. You just repeat the process with the new binary. This gives you the flexibility to have multiple versions on your computer. If you don't want to use `brew`, then the binary is a good choice.
3. Compiling from source is the most work. The advantage is that you don't have to wait for a release to add features or bug fixes. The disadvantage is that you need to spend more time managing the setup. It's not a lot, but it's more than with the other two options.
When I did this, I had some problems with directory permissions. Searches on Google pointed me to pages that walked me through updating permissions on the `/usr/local` directory. Seemed scary, but it's worked well since.
When installing from the tarball, you have to decide if you're going to install the binary in `/usr/local/bin` or in your home directory. There are three camps on this:
1. Install it in `/usr/local/bin` so that all the users on your system have access to it. This is a good idea because it's a fairly standard place for executables. The downside is that you may need elevated privileges to put software into that location. Also, if there are multiple users on your system, they will all run the same version. Sometimes this can be an issue if you want to try out a new release.
2. Install it in `~/bin` so that only you can execute it. This is a good idea because it's easy to do, easy to maintain, and doesn't require elevated privileges. The downside is that only you can run Hugo. If there are other users on your site, they have to maintain their own copies. That can lead to people running different versions. of course, this does make it easier for you to experiment with different releases.
3. Install it in your `sites` directory. This is not a bad idea if you have only one site that you're building. It keeps every thing in a single place. If you want to try out new releases, you can just make a copy of the entire site, update the Hugo executable, and have it.
All three locations will work for you. I'm going to document the second option, mostly because I'm comfortable with it.
4. By default, the tarball will be saved to your `~/Downloads` directory. If you chose to use a different location, you'll need to change that in the following steps.
drwxrwxr-x@ 5 mdhender staff 170 Mar 28 22:46 hugo_0.13_darwin_amd64
$ # verify that it runs
$ ./hugo version
Hugo Static Site Generator v0.13 BuildDate: 2015-02-22T04:02:30-06:00
```
You may need to add your bin directory to your `PATH` variable. The `which` command will check for us. If it can find `hugo`, it will print the full path to it. Otherwise, it will not print anything.
```
$ # check if hugo is in the path
$ which hugo
/Users/mdhender/bin/hugo
```
If `hugo` is not in your `PATH`, add it by updating your `~/.bash_profile` file. First, start up an editor:
```
$ nano ~/.bash_profile
```
Add a line to update your `PATH` variable:
```
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
```
Then save the file by pressing Control-X, then Y to save the file and return to the prompt.
Close the terminal and then open a new terminal to pick up the changes to your profile. Verify by running the `which hugo` command again.
