hugo/docs/content/overview/installing.md

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Installing Hugo	2013-07-01	/doc/installing/	20	main parent getting started	/overview/quickstart	/overview/usage

Hugo is written in Go with support for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OSX.

The latest release can be found at hugo releases. We currently build for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and OS X for x64 and 386 architectures.

Installing Hugo (binary)

Installation is very easy. Simply download the appropriate version for your platform from 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.

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 you need to install the python-based pygments program. The procedure is outlined on the pygments home page.

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+
• Mercurial
• Bazaar

Get directly from Github:

go get github.com/spf13/hugo

Building Hugo

cd /path/to/hugo
go build -o hugo main.go
mv hugo /usr/local/bin/

Contributing

Please see the contributing guide