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date: 2013-07-01
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title: Installing Hugo
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Hugo is written in Go with support for multiple platforms.

The latest release can be found at [Hugo Releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
We currently build for <i class="fa fa-windows"></i>&nbsp;Windows,
<i class="fa fa-linux"></i>&nbsp;Linux,
<i class="fa freebsd-19px"></i>&nbsp;FreeBSD
and <i class="fa fa-apple"></i>&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X
for x64 and i386 architectures.

## Installing Hugo (binary)

Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your
platform from [Hugo Releases](https://github.com/spf13/hugo/releases).
Once downloaded it can be run from anywhere. You don't need to install
it into a global location. This works well for shared hosts and other systems
where you don't have a privileged account.

Ideally, you should install it somewhere in your `PATH` for easy use.
`/usr/local/bin` is the most probable location.

On OS&nbsp;X, if you have [Homebrew](http://brew.sh), installation is even
easier: just run `brew install hugo`.

### Installing Pygments (optional)

The Hugo executable has one *optional* external dependency for source code highlighting (Pygments).

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).

## Upgrading Hugo

Upgrading Hugo is as easy as downloading and replacing the executable you’ve
placed in your `PATH`.


## Installing from source

### Dependencies

* Git
* Go 1.1+ (Go 1.4+ on Windows, see Go [Issue #8090](https://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=8090))
* Mercurial
* Bazaar

### Get directly from GitHub

    $ export GOPATH=$HOME/go
    $ go get -v github.com/spf13/hugo

`go get` will then fetch Hugo and all its dependent libraries to your
`$GOPATH/src` directory, and compile everything into the final `hugo`
(or `hugo.exe`) executable, which you will find sitting in the
`$GOPATH/bin/hugo` directory, all ready to go!

## Contributing

Please see the [contributing guide](/doc/contributing).