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title: Installing Hugo
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Hugo is written in [Go][] with support for multiple platforms.
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The latest release can be found at [Hugo Releases ](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases ).
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We currently provide pre-built binaries for
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and < i class = "fa fa-apple" > < / i > OS X (Darwin)
for x64, i386 and ARM architectures.
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Hugo may also be compiled from source wherever the Go compiler tool chain can run, e.g. for other operating systems including DragonFly BSD, OpenBSD, Plan 9 and Solaris. See http://golang.org/doc/install/source for the full set of supported combinations of target operating systems and compilation architectures.
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## Installing Hugo (binary)
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Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your
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platform from [Hugo Releases ](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases ).
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Once downloaded it can be run from anywhere. You don't need to install
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it into a global location. This works well for shared hosts and other systems
where you don't have a privileged account.
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Ideally, you should install it somewhere in your `PATH` for easy use.
`/usr/local/bin` is the most probable location.
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On OS X, if you have [Homebrew ](http://brew.sh/ ), installation is even
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easier: just run `brew update && brew install hugo` .
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For a more detailed explanation follow the corresponding installation guides:
- [Installation on OS X ]({{< relref "tutorials/installing-on-mac.md" >}} )
- [Installation on Windows ]({{< relref "tutorials/installing-on-windows.md" >}} )
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### Installing Pygments (optional)
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The Hugo executable has one *optional* external dependency for source code highlighting (Pygments).
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If you want to have source code highlighting using the [highlight shortcode ](/extras/highlighting/ ),
you need to install the Python-based Pygments program. The procedure is outlined on the [Pygments home page ](http://pygments.org/ ).
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## Upgrading Hugo
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Upgrading Hugo is as easy as downloading and replacing the executable you’ ve
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placed in your `PATH` .
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## Installing from source
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### Prerequisite tools for downloading and building source code
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* [Git ](http://git-scm.com/ )
* [Mercurial ](http://mercurial.selenic.com/ )
* [Go][] 1.3+ (Go 1.4+ on Windows, see Go [Issue #8090 ](https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=8090 ))
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### Get directly from GitHub
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$ export GOPATH=$HOME/go
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$ go get -v github.com/spf13/hugo
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`go get` will then fetch Hugo and all its dependent libraries to your
`$GOPATH/src` directory, and compile everything into the final `hugo`
(or `hugo.exe` ) executable, which you will find sitting in the
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`$GOPATH/bin/` directory, all ready to go!
You may run `go get` with the `-u` option to update Hugo's dependencies:
$ go get -u -v github.com/spf13/hugo
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## Contributing
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Please see the [contributing guide ](/doc/contributing/ ).
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[Go]: http://golang.org/